Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas by Gwendolyn Hooks

Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas

Gwendolyn Hooks with Colin Bootman (Illustrator)

32 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography science emotional informative medium-paced

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The life story of Vivien Thomas, an African American surgical technician who developed the first procedure used to perform open-heart surgery on children. Vivien Thomas's greatest dream was to attend college to study medicine. But after the stock ...

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