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Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved Blue Babies and Changed Medicine Forever
ISBN: 9780547821832
Author: Murphy, Jim (Author)
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: December 2015
Retail: $18.99    OUR PRICE: $3.09
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Binding Type: Hardcover
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Annotation: 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.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Anatomy & Physiology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century
Dewey: 617.023
LCCN: 2015013601
Lexile Measure: 1170
Physical Information: 9.10" H x 910.00" L x 7.20" W
Bargain Category: Biographies, History, Middle School, Reference, Science, Upper Elementary
Grade level(s): 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th