Partners of the heart /

"Partners of the heart tells the story of Vivien Thomas and Alferd Blalock, whose discoveries saved the lives of thousands of 'blue babies'--children born with a deadly heart defect. The men's stunning success ushered in a new era of cardiac medicine and launched modern heart sur...

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Corporate Authors: Duke Media (Firm), Spark Media (Washington, D.C.), WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Home Video, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Other Authors: Kalin, Andrea, Freeman, Morgan, Vance, Courtney B.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: ©2003
Edition:Widescreen version.
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511 0 |a Narrator, Morgan Freeman ; Courtney B. Vance (voice of Vivien Thomas) 
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520 |a "Partners of the heart tells the story of Vivien Thomas and Alferd Blalock, whose discoveries saved the lives of thousands of 'blue babies'--children born with a deadly heart defect. The men's stunning success ushered in a new era of cardiac medicine and launched modern heart surgery. At age 19, with only a high school degree and at a time when his color barred him from being treated in many hospitals, Thomas embarked on a 34-year partnership with Blalock, a white surgeon. His jounrney is a bittersweet, overlooked American story of personal triumph"--Container. 
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