Dr. Vivien Thomas, a pioneering figure in medical history, developed groundbreaking techniques in heart surgery without formal medical training and worked alongside Dr. Alfred Blalock at Vanderbilt ...
Spencer received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins in 1947. Spencer applied to Dr. Alfred Blalock for a surgical internship at the Hopkins hospital. When she first mentioned her intention to him, ...
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History tried to erase the Black doctors who changed healthcare forever
While names like Alfred Blalock and Christiaan Barnard dominate medical history, the Black pioneers who made their work possible were often left uncredited. This video tells the stories of Vivien ...
BALTIMORE -- Not so long ago, the idea of performing heart surgery was medical blasphemy. After the Hippocratic oath, surgeons followed another dictum: "Don't touch the heart." Dr. Alfred Blalock, a ...
Taussig persuaded Dr. Alfred Blalock, a vascular surgeon, to try and relieve the obstruction. With Vivien Thomas, Blalock proved Taussig's hypothesis, then worked with her to develop a procedure, ...
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