Description
Book SynopsisInspiration for the Emmy Award-winning HBO film Something the Lord Made and the award-winning PBS documentary Partners of the Heart.
Trade Review"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 *
"For one who had the privilege of being a student, coworker, and later a colleague of Vivien Thomas, reading this autobiography is an extraordinary experience. Although the reviewer worked with him in the laboratory for 20 years, often on a daily basis, many features of this unique and compelling story have been revealed for the first time." * David C. Sabiston,
Journal of the American Medical Association *
Table of ContentsForeword by Mark M. Ravitch, M.D.
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART ONE. THE VANDERBILT YEARS
PART TWO. THE HOPKINS YEARS
PART THREE. RECOGNITION
References
Name Index
Subject Index
