Blue Baby Syndrome Analysis

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Do you know that there is a syndrome could blue baby syndrome that killed many babies? The article is about a man who figured out a cure to that. But he didn't just do it there are many things that lead up to that Thomas always wanted to be a doctor ‘’Since the age of 11, he had worked weekends and afternoons as a carpenter, saving money for his education.’’but then the great depression came and he lost all of his money and being a african american man with no money he could not go to college. First Thomas was ‘’…Thomas was desperate for a job’’ and he found a job with Dr. Blalock a young doctor that tot Thomas a lot. After that He and blalock invented a cure to shock and blalock invited to work at one of Americas best hospital Johns

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