Status
Available
Collection
Publication
[Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2003.
Description
Partners of the Heart tells the story of Vivien Thomas and Alfred Blalock, whose discoveries saved the lives of thousands of "blue babies"-- children born with a deadly heart defect. The men's stunning success ushered in a new era of cardiac medicine and launched modern heart surgery. At age 19, with only a high school degree and at a time when his color barred him from being treated in many hospitals, the African-American Thomas began his work with Blalock.
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ISBN
0780642074 / 9780780642072
UPC
794054882629