The Resource Breakthrough! : how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever, Jim Murphy
Breakthrough! : how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever, Jim Murphy
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- Summary
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- "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, Blalocks 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"--
- "The story of the landmark 1944 surgical procedure that repaired the heart of a child with blue baby syndrome--lack of blood oxygen caused by a congenital defect. The team that developed the procedure included a cardiologist and a surgeon, but most of the actual work was done by Vivien Thomas, an African American lab assistant who was frequently mistaken for a janitor"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 129 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9780547821832
- Label
- Breakthrough! : how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever
- Title
- Breakthrough!
- Title remainder
- how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever
- Statement of responsibility
- Jim Murphy
- Subject
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- Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964 -- Juvenile literature
- Cardiovascular system -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature
- trueHeart
- trueHeart -- Surgery
- Heart -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Anatomy & Physiology
- trueSurgeons
- Surgeons -- Maryland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Taussig, Helen B., (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986 -- Juvenile literature
- Thomas, Vivien T, 1910-1985 -- Juvenile literature
- trueCardiovascular system
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "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, Blalocks 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"--
- "The story of the landmark 1944 surgical procedure that repaired the heart of a child with blue baby syndrome--lack of blood oxygen caused by a congenital defect. The team that developed the procedure included a cardiologist and a surgeon, but most of the actual work was done by Vivien Thomas, an African American lab assistant who was frequently mistaken for a janitor"--
- Award
- Notable Books for a Global Society, 2016.
- Assigning source
-
- Provided by publisher
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10458007
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Murphy, Jim
- Dewey number
- 617/.0232
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
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- Middle School
- 1170
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- RD27.35.T46
- LC item number
- M87 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 4
- 7
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Thomas, Vivien T
- Blalock, Alfred
- Taussig, Helen B.
- Surgeons
- Cardiovascular system
- Heart
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Anatomy & Physiology
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Target audience
- juvenile
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever
- Label
- Breakthrough! : how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever, Jim Murphy
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 129 pages
- Isbn
- 9780547821832
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2015013601
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)898052980
- Label
- Breakthrough! : how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever, Jim Murphy
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 129 pages
- Isbn
- 9780547821832
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2015013601
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)898052980
Subject
- Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964 -- Juvenile literature
- Cardiovascular system -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature
- trueHeart
- trueHeart -- Surgery
- Heart -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Anatomy & Physiology
- trueSurgeons
- Surgeons -- Maryland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Taussig, Helen B., (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986 -- Juvenile literature
- Thomas, Vivien T, 1910-1985 -- Juvenile literature
- trueCardiovascular system
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- trueNotable Books for a Global Society: 2016
- trueWorld War II Era, 1940 -- 1949 : Nonfiction for Grades 3-5
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