The Man Who Saved A Thousand Babies Analysis

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In the magazine “The Man Who Saved A Thousand Babies ‘’ why do you think the procedure worked.Since Vivien Thomas couldn't go to collage he, worked as a carpenter and did not graduate from collage.Then Vivien Thomas got a scholarship to work at John Hopkins hospital and that is where he worked for blue babies. It Also effected Blalok because he was black and couldn't work on white people so he guided Vivien Thomas. Vivian did not get credit for it because Blalok was known for the procedure.After Viven got the credit. Now that this procedure has ben here it has saved thousands of blue babies.People from all over the country has been rushed to John Hopkins hospital. This procedure has been here for thousand of years just for blue babies. This

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