Breakthrough! How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever
by Murphy, Jim
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AR Book Level
8.3
AR Points
3
Word Count
16,419
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
178900 EN
About this book
This story traces the lives and world-changing achievements of doctors Vivien Thomas, Alfred Blalock and Helen Taussig in developing the surgical technique for repairing congenital heart defects in babies and paving the way for open-heart surgery.