Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever - Couverture rigide

Murphy, Jim

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0547821832 ISBN 13 : 9780547821832

Editeur : Clarion Books, 2015

Synopsis

In 1944 a groundbreaking operation repaired the congenital heart defect known as blue baby syndrome. The operation's success brought the surgeon Alfred Blalock international fame and paved the way for open-heart surgery. But the technique had been painstakingly developed by Vivien Thomas, Blalock's African American lab assistant, who stood behind Blalock in the operating room to give him step-by-step instructions.

The stories of this medical and social breakthrough and the lives of Thomas, Blalock, and their colleague Dr. Helen Taussig are intertwined in this compelling nonfiction narrative.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jim Murphy's nonfiction books have received numerous awards, among them two Newbery Honors, the Sibert Medal, three Orbis Pictus awards, the Margaret A. Edwards award, the James Madison Book Award, and a National Book Award nomination. Born and raised in New Jersey, Jim lives in Maplewood, NJ, with his family. 
jimmurphybooks.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarion Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0547821832
• ISBN 13: 9780547821832
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144
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