Written for young adults, this biography of Dr. Taussig is an admiring testimonial to the woman who became the world's foremost authority on pediatric cardiology despite many obstacles. Taussig overcame not only the gender discrimination of the 1920s, which prevented her admission to Harvard medical school, but also deafness and a severe learning disability.

This book is out of print, but used copies may be available.

Open-heart surgery is now almost routine, yet just a few decades ago the idea of operating on a living human heart was unthinkable. Thanks to the efforts of a talented few who refused to believe it couldn't be done, open-heart surgery became a reality in the 1950s. Chief among its pioneers was the Minnesota surgeon Dr. C. Walton Lillehei whose story is told here in thriller style.

Ruhlman tells the story of the Cleveland Clinic's world-renowned Dr. Roger Mee, a virtuoso within a very select surgical specialty. The book explores controversial topics - from questionable referral patterns by cardiologists to physicians who are punished for doing what's best for their patients to physicians who don't do what's best for their patients - and breaks the taboo on subjects not often written about.

The fascinating firsthand tale of an extraordinary black man's involvement, growth, and final recognition in a white man's world of surgical research and medical practice... Vivan Thomas provides an insightful account of the genesis of pioneering research into the nature of shock and some of the earliest procedures in cardiovascular surgery.