02-25-2024, 02:57 PM
If a high school graduate, who never went to medical school, could change the course of medical procedures that saved countless lives, just think of what you could do...........
Yet the institutional racism at the time prevent many people like Vivien Thomas from getting the credit they deserved.
Meet the American who mended defective infant hearts, Vivien Thomas, high-school educated cardiac surgeon
Legendary lab researcher showed top docs how to repair heart of 1-year-old baby in landmark operation
Dr. Vivien Thomas was born with the skill to mend broken hearts.
Armed with the brain of a scientist and the hands of a craft carpenter, he stands today as one of the world’s most influential cardiac surgeons.
Thomas never attended medical school. He couldn’t even afford college.
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/meet-a...ac-surgeon
Yet the institutional racism at the time prevent many people like Vivien Thomas from getting the credit they deserved.
Meet the American who mended defective infant hearts, Vivien Thomas, high-school educated cardiac surgeon
Legendary lab researcher showed top docs how to repair heart of 1-year-old baby in landmark operation
Dr. Vivien Thomas was born with the skill to mend broken hearts.
Armed with the brain of a scientist and the hands of a craft carpenter, he stands today as one of the world’s most influential cardiac surgeons.
Thomas never attended medical school. He couldn’t even afford college.
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/meet-a...ac-surgeon