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TIL of Vivien Thomas, An African-American surgical technician that developed the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome ( a fatal heart condition in infants) in the 1940s. He was offered the position of Chief of Surgery at Johns Hopkins (his alma mater) in 1941.

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