American Experience S15E8 — Partners of the Heart

7.9

American Experience•Season 15•Episode 8

Partners of the Heart

7.9/10 · 59 votesFeb 10, 200355 min

Ranked #5 of 13 in Season 15•+0.4 vs season avg

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Chronicling the unlikely partnership between a white surgeon and a black "technician" that led to a procedure to correct blue-baby syndrome in 1944. The principals: Vivien Thomas, a black man with only a high-school diploma, and Alfred Blalock, the patrician chief of surgery at Johns

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Episode Summary

"Partners of the Heart" is episode 8 of American Experience season 15. It scored 7.9/10 from 59 votes, ranking #5 of 13 episodes this season (season average 7.5). It aired on February 10, 2003.

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