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ISBN10: 0812216342, ISBN13: 9780812216349, [publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Pennsylvania] Softcover Paperback. "The fascinating tale of an extraordinary black man's involvement, growth, and final recognition in a white man's world of surgical research and medical practice .at the same time, an insightful firsthand account of the genesis of some of the pioneering research into the nature of shock and some of the early procedures in cardiovascular surgery." -Journal of the History of Medicine 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. Partners of the Heart is Thomas's extraordinary autobiography. Trained in laboratory techniques by Alfred Blalock and Joseph W. Beard, Thomas remained Blalock's principal technician and laboratory chief for the rest of Blalock's distinguished career. Thomas very rapidly learned to perform surgery, to do chemical determinations, and to carry out physiologic studies.He became a phenomenal technician and was able to carry out complicated experimental cardiac operations totally unassisted and to devise new ones. Inspiration for the Emmy ...
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Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, Date: 1998. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 245 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.00 inches. 1998. Univ of Pennsylvania Pr ISBN 0812216342 9780812216349 [GB]

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ISBN10: 0812216342, ISBN13: 9780812216349, [publisher: UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA PR] Softcover Inspiration for the Emmy Award-winning HBO film Something the Lord Made and the award-winning PBS documentary Partners of the Heart.&Uumlber den AutorVivien T. Thomas, a high school graduate, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the.
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