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Vivien Thomas and assistants operating on laboratory dog at Vanderbilt University circa 1930s. 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 2.5 x 3.5 in.

Description: A portrait of Vivien Theodore Thomas, the pioneering African-American surgical technician who helped develop the famous blue baby operation, was commissioned by his many colleagues and trainees at Johns Hopkins and was presented at the…

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