{"product_id":"9781620141564","title":"Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas","description":"\u003cp\u003eVivien Thomas's greatest dream was to attend college to study medicine. But after the stock market crashed in 1929, Vivien lost all his savings. Then he heard about a job opening at the Vanderbilt University medical school under the supervision of Dr. Alfred Blalock. Vivien knew that the all-white school would never admit him as a student, but he hoped working there meant he was getting closer to his dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Dr. Blalock’s research assistant, Vivien learned surgical techniques. In 1943, Vivien was asked to help Dr. Helen Taussig find a cure for children with a specific heart defect. After months of experimenting, Vivien developed a procedure that was used for the first successful open-heart surgery on a child. Afterward, Dr. Blalock and Dr. Taussig announced their innovative new surgical technique, the Blalock-Taussig shunt. Vivien’s name did not appear in the report.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOvercoming racism and resistance from his colleagues, Vivien ushered in a new era of medicine—children’s heart surgery. \u003cem\u003eTiny Stitches\u003c\/em\u003e is the compelling story of this incredible pioneer in medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lee \u0026 Low Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048136720624,"sku":"9781620141564","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781620141564_p0.jpg?v=1763855721","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781620141564","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}