ボリス・コジョーのインスタグラム(boriskodjoe) - 2月18日 13時48分

Hey fam
Here's a slice of Black History for you:
Dr. VivienThomas, Head of surgical research at Johns Hopkins in 1941.

At Johns Hopkins, Thomas helped pioneer the field of heart surgery with a procedure to alleviate a congenital heart defect, the Tetralogy of Fallot ("blue baby syndrome"). Sufferers faced brutally short life expectancies.
Working with cardiologist Helen Taussig, he developed an operation that would deliver more oxygen to the blood and relieve the constriction caused by the heart defect.

Thomas tested the procedure -- a refinement of one that they had created in laboratory dogs -- on animals to make sure it would work. In 1944, with Thomas advising, the first "blue baby" operation was successfully performed on 15-month-old Eileen Saxon.

Thomas was a key partner in hundreds of "blue baby" operations, performing pre- and post-operation procedures on patients as well as advising in the operating room.

As head of the Hopkins surgical research laboratory, Thomas also taught a generation of surgeons and lab technicians. The residents and research fellows who worked with Thomas testified to his unique abilities and his dedication.

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