Breakthrough!: how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever
Health and medicine, Science and medicine biography, Medicine, Science and technology
Human-narrated audio
Summary
In 1944, Dr. Blalock, Dr. Taussig, and Vivien Thomas performed a groundbreaking operation that repaired the congenital heart defect known as blue baby syndrome. The technique had been developed by Vivien Thomas, Blalock's African American lab assistant, during a time when Johns Hopkins Hospital was segregated. For grades 4-7. 2015
Title Details
ISBN
9780547821832
Publisher
Clarion Books
Copyright Date
2015
Book number
4371854
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Mark Delgado
Duration
2 hours 3 minutes 52 seconds
Audio producer
Potomac Talking Book Services