Title: Breakthrough!
Description: In 1944 an unprecedented surgical procedure repaired the heart of a child with blue baby syndrome lack of blood oxygen caused by a congenital defect. This landmark operation opened the way for all types of open heart surgery.The team that developed it 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.
Subjects: Heart, Surgery, Juvenile literature, Cardiovascular system, Surgeons, Cardiovascular system, juvenile literature, Heart, diseases, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Anatomy & Physiology, Biography, Heart, juvenile literature, Maryland, Maryland, juvenile literature
Places: Maryland
People: Helen B. Taussig (1898-1986), Vivien T. Thomas (1910-1985), Alfred Blalock (1899-1964)