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Partners of the Heart: Vivien Thomas and His Work with Alfred Blalock: An Autobiography

by: Vivien T. Thomas

: Partners of the Heart: Vivien Thomas and His Work with Alfred Blalock: An Autobiography
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.092
EAN: 9780812216349
ISBN: 0812216342
Label: University of Pennsylvania Press
Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: January 01, 1998
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Sales Rank: 149934
Studio: University of Pennsylvania Press



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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.

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.

In addition to telling Thomas's life story, Partners of the Heart traces the beginnings of modern cardiac surgery, crucial investigations into the nature of shock, and Blalock's methods of training surgeons.





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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Vivien Thomas
Book arrived quickly and in good shape. The book contains many highly technical surgical passages ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Partners of the Heart
Very interesting to follow the challenges and choices that Mr. Thomas makes throughout his remarkable ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Good book
Excellent autobiography of a relatively unknown giant of medicine who helped pioneer heart surgery. I ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - If you've seen the movie, now read the book
In this book you will hear from Vivien Thomas himself. As wonderful as the movie was, it did take some ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The true expression of brillance
The story of Vivian Thomas is one that every student in the health professional field should study. The ... Read More

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