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[2015], Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: 617 .0232 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the history of how in 1944 Dr. Alfred Blalock, Dr. Helen Taussig, and Blalock's African American assistant Vivien Thomas successfully invented the surgical procedure that saved infants suffering from a heart defect that gave them oxygen-deficient blood and a blue appearance.
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[2016]., Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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By Murphy, Jim2015, Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: 617 MURPHY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Explores the history of how in 1944 Dr. Alfred Blalock, Dr. Helen Taussig, and Blalock's African American assistant Vivien Thomas successfully invented the surgical procedure that saved infants suffering from a heart defect that gave them oxygen-deficient blood and a blue appearance.
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2009., Pre-adolescent, Children's Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Getting to know the world's greatest inventors & scientistsSummary Note: Presents an illustrated introduction to Charles Drew, the twentieth-century African-American surgeon whose research in the field of blood transfusions led to improved ways to store donated blood.
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c1997., Raintree Steck-Vaughn Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Innovative mindsSummary Note: Discusses the brief life of an extraordinary young doctor whose research with blood left us many legacies.
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2002., Metropolitan Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author, nearing the end of eight years of training in general surgery, contemplates the nature of modern medicine, discussing the fallibility of doctors, the mysteries and unknowns of medicine and the struggle to know what to do about them, and the issue of uncertainty.
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-- Doctor Mütter's marvelsÃ2014., Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House Call No: MEMOIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the life and career of Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter, an American surgeon who would become a revolutionary figure with his philosophies and innovative surgical ideas.
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[2012]., Pre-adolescent, Stone Arch Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: During the Vietnam War, Captain Anne Donovan of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps heads to the front lines with her small unit to provide aid to the soldiers at Hamburger Hill. When the battle intensifies and the chief surgeon is wounded, Anne quickly becomes the leader of an emergency operation. Includes facts about the Vietnam War, profiles, maps, and graphic-novel illustrations.
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-- Vivien Thomas, African-American heart surgery pioneerc2008., Juvenile, Enslow Elementary Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Genius at work!.Summary Note: A brief biography of African-American Vivien Thomas, who helped to revolutionize open-heart surgery.
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[2016], Juvenile, Lee & Low Books Inc. Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Presents a picture book biography of the life and career of African American Vivien Thomas who worked as a research technician at Vanderbilt University. His work with Dr. Alfred Blalock led to the development of tools and techniques that enabled life-saving open heart surgery to be performed on infants.
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Ã2019., Abrams Press Call No: MEMOIR NF NOT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "[Presents the] true story of a frontline trauma surgeon operating in the world's most dangerous war zones"--Amazon.com.
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2000, c1999., Juvenile, Red Deer Press Call No: HISTORICAL F TOW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Northern lights young novelsSummary Note: In a novel based on a true story, Margaret Anne Buckley, born in nineteenth-century Ireland, becomes a surgeon by disguising herself as a man.
