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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
The story of the 1944 development of an unprecedented surgical procedure that saved babies' lives and paved the way for all types of open-heart surgery, created in large part by Vivienne Thomas, an African American lab assistant who was frequently mistaken for a janitor. By Newbery Honor and Sibert Awardwinner Jim Murphy.
144 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 19, 2019 |
| ISBN13 | 9780358094258 |
| Publishers | HarperCollins |
| Pages | 144 |
| Dimensions | 230 × 289 × 6 mm · 362 g |
| Language | English |
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