The History of Johns Hopkins Heart Medicine
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: | WWW |
| Author(s): | Johns Hopkins Medicine |
| Description: | History of heart medicine and accomplishments at Johns Hopkins. Excerpt: "In 1944 doctors at Johns Hopkins performed the surgery that opened the door to today's heart surgery.Working together, The Johns Hopkins Hospital's chief surgeon, Dr. Alfred Blalock, his technician Vivien Thomas, and pediatric cardiologist Dr. Helen Taussig devised a means for improving the flow of oxygen into the blood by connecting one of the heart's major arteries with another feeding into the lungs. Known as the Blue Baby Operation, it brought relief to a young girl plagued with a combination of heart defects that kept her blood so starved for oxygen that her skin was literally blue. In time the procedure not only helped save the lives of thousands of similarly afflicted children around the world, but also opened the door to now-familiar procedures like coronary bypass surgery." |
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| Keywords: | heart medicine, open heart surgery, johns hopkins, Dr. Alfred Blalock |
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| Use of Resource: | History of technology |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Interactivity Level: | Very Low |
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| Publication Date: | October 2007 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/stlm/history.html |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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