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Once described by a Johns Hopkins cardiac surgeon as the “unknown giant”, Vivien Thomas made groundbreaking contributions to modern heart surgery, despite decades of underappreciation. 1️⃣ A Medical Dream Derailed:After the 1929 stock market crash wiped out his savings for medical school, Thomas took a job as a laboratory technician for Dr. Alfred Blalock atContinue reading “Vivien Thomas: The Unsung Pioneer of Heart Surgery”