A review by kailawil
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas by Gwendolyn Hooks
3.0
Nice book for kids about the life of Vivien Thomas, who developed open-heart surgery methods for babies despite the challenges of being a black man in medicine in the mid 1900s.
Would have been 4 stars, but some medical information is incorrect. You would think a book about "blue babies" would know that human blood isn't actually blue. And also that tetraology of Fallot is not the only reason a baby could be cyanotic. But that's just the nerd in me being nit-picky.
Would have been 4 stars, but some medical information is incorrect. You would think a book about "blue babies" would know that human blood isn't actually blue. And also that tetraology of Fallot is not the only reason a baby could be cyanotic. But that's just the nerd in me being nit-picky.