Richies picks breakthrough how three people saved blue babies and changed medicine forever by jim murphy clarion december 2015 144p isbn 978 0 547 82183 2 please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again barry robin and maurice gibb 1971 it wasnt only that the operation was very complex and risky the surgery he dr blalock was about to perform on eileens struggling heart had never been done on a human before let alone one so tiny or frail. Breakthrough how three people saved blue babies and changed medicine forever is murphys latest book and is as interesting and well researched as his other non fiction books this is an inside look at the first heart surgery a breakthrough that has impacted the lives of thousands since it was first pioneered. How three people saved blue babies and changed medicine forever 144 by jim murphy the stories of this medical and social breakthrough and the lives of thomas blalock and their colleague dr helen taussig are intertwined in this compelling nonfiction narrative of medical history will surely relish kirkusthis landmark history . Breakthrough how three people saved blue babies and changed medicine forever by in 1944 a groundbreaking operation repaired the congenital heart defect known as blue baby syndrome the operations success brought the surgeon alfred blalock international fame and paved the way for open heart surgery a gripping look at a major . Breakthrough how three people saved blue babies and changed medicine forever by jim murphy blue baby syndrome was the result of a heart condition known as tetralogy