![]() Blalock, a onetime playboy from a prominent family in Georgia had evolved into a passionate researcher. The job was to clean the lab and the cages of the animals used for experiments. Alfred Blalock, the world would be forever changed. Vivien Thomas entered the lab and met Dr. A doctor at Vanderbilt was looking for someone to assist in his research lab. To support his wife and two children, he needed a job. But then the Great Depression hit, banks foreclosed, and he lost everything. Working as a carpenter he saved for seven years to finance his education. In his middle class community there were fire fighters, doctors, and teachers. A twenty-year old African American man, honors student, and son of a carpenter had his eyes set on becoming a physician. “He is the most un-talked about, unacknowledged, unknown and most important figure in the African American community… A genius.” 1 In 1944, a surgeon with his trusted guide by his side performed the very first open-heart surgery on a fifteen-month-old, nine-pound girl.ġ930 Nashville. Character, genius, and a missing person in medicine April 25, 2019 ![]()
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