Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved Blue Babies and Changed Medicine Forever by Jim Murphy

Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved Blue Babies and Changed Medicine Forever

Jim Murphy

144 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history middle grade science emotional medium-paced
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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 bee...

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