Vivien Thomas, Surgical Pathfinder

Stuff You Missed in History Class

• Episode: Vivien Thomas, Surgical Pathfinder
• Website: Stuff You Missed in History Class
• Feed URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class.rss
• Duration: 00:43:42
• Published: 2020-11-18 15:30

In 1944, Thomas developed a surgical treatment for babies with cyanotic heart conditions. Thomas was a Black man working at an institution whose only other black employees did janitorial work, and he had not attended medical school – or even college.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com