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Partners of the heart : Vivien Thomas and his work with Alfred Blalock : an autobiography
- Title
- Partners of the heart : Vivien Thomas and his work with Alfred Blalock : an autobiography / by Vivien T. Thomas.
- Author
- Thomas, Vivien, 1910-1985.
- Publication
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1985.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 245 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Visitors to the Blalock Building at the Johns Hopkins University Medical Center are greeted by portraits of two great men. One, of renowned heart surgeon Alfred Blalock, speaks for itself. The other, of highschool graduate Vivien Thomas, is testimony to the incredible genius and determination of the first black man to hold a professional position at one of America's premier medical institutions. Thomas's dreams of attending medical school were dashed when the Depression hit. After spending some time as a carpenter's apprentice, Thomas took what he expected to be a temporary job as a technician in Blalock's lab. The two men soon became partners and together invented the field of cardiac surgery"--Page 4 of cover.
- Subjects
- Surgeons
- Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964
- Thomas, Vivien T., 1910-1985
- Shock, Surgical > Personal Narratives
- Research > Personal Narratives
- Thomas, Vivien, 1910-1985
- Shock
- Biography
- Surgery, Experimental
- Surgeons > Maryland > Biography
- Cardiovascular System > surgery > Personal Narratives
- Maryland
- Cardiovascular system > Surgery
- Biographies
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Note
- "First paperback printing 1998"--Title page verso.
- 1985 ed. has title: Pioneering research in surgical shock and cardiovascular surgery.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-237) and indexes.
- Call Number
- Sc E 99-646
- ISBN
- 0812216342
- 9780812216349
- LCCN
- 97014222
- OCLC
- 36761685
- Author
- Thomas, Vivien, 1910-1985.
- Title
- Partners of the heart : Vivien Thomas and his work with Alfred Blalock : an autobiography / by Vivien T. Thomas.
- Imprint
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1985.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-237) and indexes.
- Added Author
- Thomas, Vivien, 1910-1985. Pioneering research in surgical shock and cardiovascular surgery.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 99-646