Doctor Vivien Thomas

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Vivien Thomas

Living place: Louisiana

Birthday: 29-8-1910

Population of US 1910: 92,407,000

Global rank: #47825

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Who is Doctor Vivien Thomas?
Medical assistant who became a pioneer in cardiac surgery and an instructor of groundbreaking surgical techniques.
He had only a high school education, but he did not let racism, poverty, or lack of education prevent him from achieving immense competence in this field of heart surgery. He never received a medical degree, but he nevertheless became the first African-American to perform open-heart surgery on a white patient.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He helped develop treatments for green child syndrome in the 1940s.

Family life info

He was born in Louisiana and is the grandson of a slave. He and his wife, Clara, have two daughters.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Doctor Vivien Thomas?
He worked as a surgical assistant to Alfred Blalock at a Vanderbilt University animal laboratory and went on to have a 34-year professional relationship with him.

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When was Doctor Vivien Thomas born?
Vivien Thomas was born in 29-8-1910, death year is , at the age of 114.
Where is Doctor Vivien Thomas's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Vivien Thomas was born in Louisiana, . is a Doctor, whose Zodiac is Virgo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Vivien Thomas's global rank is 47825 and whose rank is 109 in list of famous Doctor. Population of US in 1910 is about 92,407,000 persons.
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Events in 1910 and 29-8

Events in US in the birth year of Vivien Thomas

  • Boy Scouts of America is incorporated.
  • Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, becomes immigration center for Asians entering U.S.

Birthday Vivien Thomas (29-8) in history

  • Day 29-8 year 1533: Atahualpa, the last king of the Incas, was ruthlessly murdered by Francisco Pizarro.
  • Day 29-8 year 1786: The day of the Shays Rebellion, a Massachusetts peasant uprising against the state government.
  • Day 29-8 year 1842: The Treaty of Nanking was signed, ending the Opium Wars and ceding the island of Hong Kong to Britain.
  • Day 29-8 year 1877: Brigham Young died in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Day 29-8 year 1949: The U.S.S.R. tested their first atomic bomb.
  • Day 29-8 year 1957: Strom Thurmond ended the longest filibuster in U.S. Senate history. He spoke for more than 24 hours against a civil rights bill; the bill passed.
  • Day 29-8 year 1966: The Beatles played their last major live concert at Candlestick Park, California.
  • Day 29-8 year 1991: The Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution.
  • Day 29-8 year 2005: Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast, destroying beachfront towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, displacing a million people, and killing more than 1,000.
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