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Vivien Thomas Biography
Vivien Thomas was born in 1910 and lived until 1989. He grew up in Nashville and he was colored. When Vivien was alive segregation was a big problem. Vivien had a decent job, but then the great depression came along. He lost his job and all of this money by the bank shutting down. He started a job in a small hospital as a janitor and turned into one of the greatest people alive. Why? Well because he was the first person to ever help perform a pediatric heart surgery on a blue baby.

Thomas was sent into the “John Hopkins” hospital to help Blalock on research for the babies. Blalock asked all the questions and Thomas did all the research to find the answers. When the 1stg baby came in for surgery, Elien, she was dying so she needed surgery
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