The African-American heart surgery pioneer / Wyckoff, Edwin Brit

"Learn about Vivien Thomas and the clamp he invented to help stop bleeding in a very small space"--Provided by publisher.

This book describes the life of Vivien Theodore Thomas, who became an assistant to Dr. Alfred Blalock in a research lab at Vanderbilt University Medical School, who invented a clamp to stop bleeding, and who became an instructor of surgery.