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03655aam a22006858i 4500 001 38FFF7E447CB11E598A1CBA4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20240813013544 008 150505s2015 mau j 000 0 eng 010 $a 2015013601 020 $a 0547821832 : HRD 020 $a 9780547821832 : HRD 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a RD27.35.T46 $b M87 2015 082 00 $a 617/.0232 $2 23 100 1 $a Murphy, Jim, $d 1947- 245 10 $a Breakthrough! : $b how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever / $c Jim Murphy. 263 $a 1512 264 1 $a Boston : $b Clarion Books, $c [2015] 300 $a pages cm 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "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 theactual work was done by Vivien Thomas, an African American lab assistant who was frequently mistaken for a janitor"-- $c Provided by publisher. 521 1 $a Age 9-12. 600 10 $a Thomas, Vivien T., $d 1910-1985 $v Juvenile literature. 600 10 $a Blalock, Alfred, $d 1899-1964 $v Juvenile literature. 600 10 $a Taussig, Helen B. $q (Helen Brooke), $d 1898-1986 $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Surgeons $z Maryland $x Biography $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Cardiovascular system $x Surgery $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Heart $x Surgery $v Juvenile literature. 650 7 $a JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Anatomy & Physiology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 25 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724072853.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716015604.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417013429.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20240106011010.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518020550.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722051538.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204082131.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110064046.0 952 $l KJPF566 $d 20190824010857.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717031106.0 952 $l MIPA194 $d 20181221013612.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107063506.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006092301.0 952 $l ZMPA437 $d 20180830013708.0 952 $l ZBPE245 $d 20180704043609.0 952 $l LZSX115 $d 20180623033109.0 952 $l FTPA274 $d 20180111012246.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418113204.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20160609011300.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20160504042515.0 952 $l EWPB745 $d 20160407030439.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20160323015810.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20160220014404.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20160123011821.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20151205010032.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=38FFF7E447CB11E598A1CBA4DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search