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
- "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
- Contents
-
- In the "dog house"
- The professor and his assistant
- Surrounded by failure
- Answered and unanswered questions
- The search
- "All the world is against it"
- "Vivien, you'd better come down here"
- Then what happened?
- 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
-
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueBlalock, Alfred, 1899-1964
- Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964
- Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964 -- Juvenile literature
- trueCardiovascular system
- Cardiovascular system -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature
- Circulatory system -- Surgery
- trueHeart
- Heart -- Surgery
- trueHeart -- Surgery
- Heart -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature
- trueNarrative nonfiction for kids and teens
- trueSurgeons
- Surgeons -- Maryland -- Biography
- Surgeons -- Maryland -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Taussig, Helen B., (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986
- trueTaussig, Helen B., (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986
- Taussig, Helen B., (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986 -- Juvenile literature
- trueThomas, Vivien T, 1910-1985
- Thomas, Vivien, 1910-1985
- Thomas, Vivien, 1910-1985 -- Juvenile literature
- trueBiographies
- Biographies
- trueBiographies -- Science and medicine | Medicine
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
- Summary
- "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
- 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
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
-
- Age 9-12
- 1170
- 1170L
- Intended audience source
-
- Lexile
- Lexile
- LC call number
- RD27.35.T46
- LC item number
- M87 2015
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 1170
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 4
- 7
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Thomas, Vivien
- Blalock, Alfred
- Taussig, Helen B.
- Thomas, Vivien
- Blalock, Alfred
- Taussig, Helen B.
- Surgeons
- Cardiovascular system
- Heart
- Surgeons
- Circulatory system
- Heart
- 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
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- In the "dog house" -- The professor and his assistant -- Surrounded by failure -- Answered and unanswered questions -- The search -- "All the world is against it" -- "Vivien, you'd better come down here" -- Then what happened?
- Control code
- 21065169
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 129 pages
- Isbn
- 9780547821832
- Lccn
- 2015013601
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9780547821832
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn898052980
- (OCoLC)898052980
- Label
- Breakthrough! : how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever, Jim Murphy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- In the "dog house" -- The professor and his assistant -- Surrounded by failure -- Answered and unanswered questions -- The search -- "All the world is against it" -- "Vivien, you'd better come down here" -- Then what happened?
- Control code
- 21065169
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 129 pages
- Isbn
- 9780547821832
- Lccn
- 2015013601
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9780547821832
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn898052980
- (OCoLC)898052980
Subject
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueBlalock, Alfred, 1899-1964
- Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964
- Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964 -- Juvenile literature
- trueCardiovascular system
- Cardiovascular system -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature
- Circulatory system -- Surgery
- trueHeart
- Heart -- Surgery
- trueHeart -- Surgery
- Heart -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature
- trueNarrative nonfiction for kids and teens
- trueSurgeons
- Surgeons -- Maryland -- Biography
- Surgeons -- Maryland -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Taussig, Helen B., (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986
- trueTaussig, Helen B., (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986
- Taussig, Helen B., (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986 -- Juvenile literature
- trueThomas, Vivien T, 1910-1985
- Thomas, Vivien, 1910-1985
- Thomas, Vivien, 1910-1985 -- Juvenile literature
- trueBiographies
- Biographies
- trueBiographies -- Science and medicine | Medicine
Genre
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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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