1 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:28,233 ♪ ♪ 2 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:11,300 Woman: Oh, that's a lovely garden. 3 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:13,667 Man: Yes indeed. It surely is. 4 00:01:17,834 --> 00:01:19,767 Woman: Thank you. 5 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,700 Man: All right, everybody, that's it for today. 6 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:46,066 Be sure and get that drop cloth up before you leave, all right? 7 00:01:46,066 --> 00:01:49,567 Man Yeah, I like the sound of that. Man 8 00:01:49,567 --> 00:01:52,233 ♪ ♪ 9 00:01:52,233 --> 00:01:54,934 Man I broke this down. I'm just gonna leave it like that. 10 00:02:17,533 --> 00:02:21,300 That's some nice work, young blood. 11 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:23,266 Thank you, Mr. Lodel. 12 00:02:23,266 --> 00:02:27,233 Yeah, your daddy taught you right. ( laughs ) 13 00:02:27,233 --> 00:02:29,300 You know, when all the construction starts coming back, 14 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:32,166 you got skills to make something of yourself. 15 00:02:32,166 --> 00:02:34,166 Thank you, sir. 16 00:02:36,967 --> 00:02:39,867 Oh, it's fine. I can wait till payday. 17 00:02:39,867 --> 00:02:42,667 I'm sorry. All the others have families to feed, 18 00:02:42,667 --> 00:02:46,166 but you do good work. 19 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:48,066 I like what you do, okay? 20 00:02:48,066 --> 00:02:49,700 Okay. 21 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:57,400 You got a funny way of telling me that. 22 00:03:01,467 --> 00:03:03,200 Morning. 23 00:03:04,734 --> 00:03:06,567 Didn't I tell you I could pull some strings? 24 00:03:06,567 --> 00:03:08,300 Yes, you did, yes, you did, Charlie. 25 00:03:08,300 --> 00:03:09,200 Thank you very much, you're a good man. 26 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,467 Yeah. But tell me why-- 27 00:03:11,467 --> 00:03:13,233 Morning. 28 00:03:14,433 --> 00:03:16,033 Why would a doctor want to hire a carpenter? 29 00:03:16,033 --> 00:03:19,200 'Cause it ain't nothing but scud work anyway. 30 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,900 You ain't gonna like it. 31 00:03:23,033 --> 00:03:24,734 You say the pay was $12 a week? 32 00:03:24,734 --> 00:03:26,633 Yeah. 33 00:03:26,633 --> 00:03:28,600 I'm liking it already. 34 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,500 All right then. 35 00:03:34,166 --> 00:03:35,967 Woman: Dr. Blalock, this is Vivien Thomas. 36 00:03:35,967 --> 00:03:39,800 Vivien? That's a girl's name. 37 00:03:41,133 --> 00:03:45,133 Yes, my mother was so sure she was having a girl 38 00:03:45,133 --> 00:03:48,266 that she picked the name early and kept it. 39 00:03:48,266 --> 00:03:50,166 You don't say. 40 00:03:50,166 --> 00:03:53,166 I'm pleased to meet you, sir. 41 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:56,333 Call me "Doctor," and, Frances, you can tell this good doctor 42 00:03:56,333 --> 00:03:58,467 that his theories are extremely interesting 43 00:03:58,467 --> 00:04:00,100 and I'll be praying for him. 44 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:01,300 Yes, Doctor. 45 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:04,266 Though it's his patients I should be praying for. 46 00:04:04,266 --> 00:04:05,433 Keep up, son. 47 00:04:09,633 --> 00:04:12,400 This is where my work is done. 48 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,166 What is your work? 49 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,867 Medical research. 50 00:04:20,867 --> 00:04:23,033 We push the limits of surgery using stray dogs 51 00:04:23,033 --> 00:04:25,100 we get from the local dogcatcher. 52 00:04:25,100 --> 00:04:27,800 They're darling, but don't get too attached. 53 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,367 They're a means to a great end. 54 00:04:31,667 --> 00:04:35,133 The dog pounds get cleaned out twice a day. 55 00:04:35,133 --> 00:04:37,300 I need the lab swept every morning. 56 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:40,967 Simple tasks, but they proved beyond the abilities of your predecessors. 57 00:04:40,967 --> 00:04:43,367 Now do you think you can handle it? 58 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:45,967 ♪ ♪ 59 00:04:45,967 --> 00:04:50,667 Woman: Honey, it's in the back seat. Man: All right, I'll check it. 60 00:05:16,367 --> 00:05:17,800 So? 61 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,667 So what? 62 00:05:20,667 --> 00:05:23,500 Don't "so what" me. Did you get it? 63 00:05:27,633 --> 00:05:29,266 You got it. 64 00:05:29,266 --> 00:05:33,467 You must have got it. Oh, Vivien, oh! 65 00:05:35,567 --> 00:05:38,066 It's working at a hospital, right? Yeah yeah. 66 00:05:38,066 --> 00:05:40,734 I'm so glad. Everyone's gonna see how smart you are now. 67 00:05:40,734 --> 00:05:43,400 Oh, I don't know how smart you have to be shovel up, 68 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,800 but the guy I'm working for, 69 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,367 he seemed kind of eccentric, 70 00:05:48,367 --> 00:05:52,033 but he's a doctor, yeah. That's right, he is a doctor. 71 00:05:52,033 --> 00:05:54,800 So you just keep your eyes open. Mm-hmm. 72 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,900 We can get married now. Yeah. 73 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:01,867 Do everything just like we laid it out. 74 00:06:01,867 --> 00:06:04,633 Doctor... 75 00:06:04,633 --> 00:06:06,967 and Mrs. Thomas. ( laughing ) 76 00:07:23,867 --> 00:07:25,367 Vivien. 77 00:07:25,367 --> 00:07:27,400 Good morning, sir. 78 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,767 You said you were a carpenter? 79 00:07:37,767 --> 00:07:39,200 Yes. 80 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:40,667 Did you go to high school? 81 00:07:40,667 --> 00:07:43,333 Yes, I did. Got my diploma. 82 00:07:43,333 --> 00:07:47,266 Planning on going to Tennessee State next year 83 00:07:47,266 --> 00:07:50,133 to study medicine, be a doctor. 84 00:07:50,133 --> 00:07:52,934 Unusual ambition for a carpenter. 85 00:07:52,934 --> 00:07:56,800 Well, I always wanted to be one since I was a kid. 86 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,100 I almost saved up enough money for college, 87 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:02,700 and then slow down hit. 88 00:08:02,700 --> 00:08:05,233 Those are Van Slyke-Neill gas manometers over there. 89 00:08:05,233 --> 00:08:06,800 So you can handle a saw? 90 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,433 Yeah, since I was 12. 91 00:08:08,433 --> 00:08:09,900 Do tell. 92 00:08:09,900 --> 00:08:12,100 Well, for cutting the lines my father 93 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:15,100 would measure on the lumber, sir. Call me "Doctor." 94 00:08:15,100 --> 00:08:16,967 So your daddy's a carpenter too. 95 00:08:16,967 --> 00:08:18,700 What does he think of your ambition? 96 00:08:18,700 --> 00:08:21,934 Oh, he's always known I had my mind set on it. 97 00:08:21,934 --> 00:08:25,367 Those apparatus on the workbench, what are they called? 98 00:08:25,367 --> 00:08:30,000 Van Slyke-Neill gas manometers, sir-- Doctor. 99 00:08:32,567 --> 00:08:34,567 They are indeed. 100 00:08:38,333 --> 00:08:40,533 Vanderbilt may be a podunk institution, 101 00:08:40,533 --> 00:08:43,300 but I'm gonna put it on the medical map. 102 00:08:43,300 --> 00:08:46,600 I'm working on traumatic shock. 103 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,667 Damn thing kills thousands of people every year, 104 00:08:49,667 --> 00:08:53,066 and doctors don't know what the hell to do about it. 105 00:08:53,066 --> 00:08:55,200 Let me see those hands. 106 00:09:13,333 --> 00:09:14,934 Pick that up. 107 00:09:22,033 --> 00:09:24,066 Now the left hand. 108 00:09:33,700 --> 00:09:34,967 Good. 109 00:09:54,734 --> 00:09:58,367 Excuse me, Vivien. Dr. Blalock wanted you to have this. 110 00:09:59,934 --> 00:10:01,967 Thank you. Good night. 111 00:10:01,967 --> 00:10:03,734 Good night. 112 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,133 ♪ ♪ 113 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:25,633 ( honks ) 114 00:10:34,767 --> 00:10:36,767 ( kids chattering ) 115 00:10:41,867 --> 00:10:43,600 Man: You know what my grandfather did? 116 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,533 I know it doesn't have anything to do with me going out on strike. 117 00:10:46,533 --> 00:10:50,667 I said, "Do you know what my grandfather did?" Yes. 118 00:10:50,667 --> 00:10:54,300 He picked cotton in Mississippi. You told me 100 times. 119 00:10:54,300 --> 00:10:58,300 My grandfather was a piece of property! 120 00:10:58,300 --> 00:11:01,233 No better than that chair or table over there. 121 00:11:02,967 --> 00:11:05,867 His son became a free man at the age of 15. 122 00:11:05,867 --> 00:11:09,333 He raised me with hardly an elementary-school education. 123 00:11:09,333 --> 00:11:11,700 Now I see my son graduate college 124 00:11:11,700 --> 00:11:13,600 and go on to teach school. 125 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:17,166 So don't tell me things don't get better over time. 126 00:11:17,166 --> 00:11:18,700 Things don't just get better. 127 00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:21,800 People got to change things, Pop, make them better. 128 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,834 And if I don't do something now, I'll be a dead man 129 00:11:23,834 --> 00:11:26,133 before I get paid like white teachers do. 130 00:11:26,133 --> 00:11:28,300 Vivien, you know I'm right about this. 131 00:11:28,300 --> 00:11:32,767 All right now, Harold, just hold your head. I got reading to do. 132 00:11:32,767 --> 00:11:35,400 To anesthetize Brutus, 133 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:39,800 first we have to calculate the weight. He weighs 18.4 kilograms. 134 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,233 And it should take 135 00:11:42,233 --> 00:11:44,633 552 milligrams 136 00:11:44,633 --> 00:11:48,533 of sodium barbital to anesthetize him for three hours 137 00:11:48,533 --> 00:11:51,367 if the absorption rate is uniform. 138 00:11:51,367 --> 00:11:54,100 Woman: Dogs? What kind of doctor is he? 139 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:56,066 Well, when you practice on dogs 140 00:11:56,066 --> 00:11:58,667 and then you can help heal people. 141 00:11:58,667 --> 00:11:59,900 Gives me the willies. 142 00:11:59,900 --> 00:12:01,800 It's not that bad. 143 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,667 I mean, you look inside, you see all the colors, 144 00:12:04,667 --> 00:12:08,800 all the pinks and blues, the reds. 145 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,967 It's beautiful, Clara. That's where life come from. 146 00:12:11,967 --> 00:12:12,934 What's this? 147 00:12:12,934 --> 00:12:15,834 Man: Hey, come on. Hey, open up. 148 00:12:15,834 --> 00:12:18,700 Excuse me, sir. 149 00:12:18,700 --> 00:12:21,367 What's going on here? 150 00:12:21,367 --> 00:12:22,734 Oh, the bank is closed. 151 00:12:22,734 --> 00:12:24,767 Closed? Yep. 152 00:12:24,767 --> 00:12:27,033 ( knocks ) Man 153 00:12:27,033 --> 00:12:30,133 Open up! Open this door! Woman: It's 10:00. 154 00:12:30,133 --> 00:12:31,934 Man: Think I see somebody in there. 155 00:12:31,934 --> 00:12:36,100 ♪ ♪ Hey! Hey, open up. It's 10:00. I gots to get to work. 156 00:12:36,100 --> 00:12:38,734 Let's go. We'll come back later. Stay. 157 00:12:38,734 --> 00:12:41,700 Something's wrong. It can't be closed. 158 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:44,834 Excuse me. 159 00:12:44,834 --> 00:12:46,667 Excuse me, sir. 160 00:12:46,667 --> 00:12:49,266 Hello. Hello. 161 00:12:49,266 --> 00:12:51,166 Hello. 162 00:12:51,166 --> 00:12:53,266 Get away from that window. We closed. 163 00:12:53,266 --> 00:12:56,367 But I have my money in there. I need to get my money out. 164 00:12:56,367 --> 00:12:58,400 I can't get your money back for you. 165 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,233 Why not? Tell me why not. 166 00:13:00,233 --> 00:13:02,834 Go on home, son, the bank has failed. 167 00:13:02,834 --> 00:13:06,600 Sir, that's all my savings! Vivien. 168 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,500 I had my money for school in there. 169 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:10,166 No, Clara, they got my money in there. 170 00:13:10,166 --> 00:13:12,033 Sir, sir, that's my money for college. 171 00:13:12,033 --> 00:13:13,934 Your money's gone. 172 00:13:13,934 --> 00:13:17,500 Gone? But what are they talking about? 173 00:13:17,500 --> 00:13:19,600 They talking about, it's gone, Ma. 174 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,433 Well, we'll all-- we'll just have to start over. 175 00:13:22,433 --> 00:13:24,967 Can't fight it now. It's done. 176 00:13:24,967 --> 00:13:27,567 It just feels so wrong. 177 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:30,967 It took me seven years to save that money. 178 00:13:30,967 --> 00:13:33,667 You're not the only one in here who had money in that bank. 179 00:13:33,667 --> 00:13:35,467 It's done. It's over with! 180 00:13:37,567 --> 00:13:38,934 Still got each other, Viv. 181 00:13:38,934 --> 00:13:42,533 Yeah, we got each other. 182 00:13:42,533 --> 00:13:45,500 That's all poor people ever have is each other. 183 00:14:02,934 --> 00:14:05,500 There's no cut down and cannula in the femoral vein. 184 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:07,367 I showed you how to do it. 185 00:14:07,367 --> 00:14:09,333 I figured out a way 186 00:14:09,333 --> 00:14:12,033 to give it barbital intravenously. 187 00:14:12,033 --> 00:14:15,500 Where you putting it? In the forepaw. 188 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:19,166 The manometer? 189 00:14:20,633 --> 00:14:22,834 It's all set up, Doctor. 190 00:14:25,734 --> 00:14:27,834 Good. 191 00:14:29,867 --> 00:14:32,367 You can begin the incision. 192 00:14:32,367 --> 00:14:35,800 I'm not ready for that. If I say you're ready, you're ready. 193 00:14:39,633 --> 00:14:41,333 I'll mark out the line 194 00:14:41,333 --> 00:14:42,734 and you cut along it. 195 00:14:42,734 --> 00:14:46,367 Just like you did for your old daddy. 196 00:14:53,133 --> 00:14:57,333 Like this? Just like that. Keep your hand taut. 197 00:14:57,333 --> 00:15:00,367 Why are we making the incision here? 198 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:05,700 To gain access to the pulmonary artery. 199 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:07,667 And how will we find it, Vivien? 200 00:15:07,667 --> 00:15:09,800 It's the artery leading to the lungs 201 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,734 from the right side of the heart. 202 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,333 Not bad. 203 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,834 Now the rib spreader. 204 00:15:22,166 --> 00:15:26,500 And why are we gonna damage poor Brutus' greater vessels? 205 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:29,333 To induce traumatic shock to study it. 206 00:15:33,066 --> 00:15:35,200 ♪ ♪ 207 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,333 Blalock: Watch this manometer. 208 00:15:38,333 --> 00:15:42,700 And imagine that Brutus is a 16-year-old boy 209 00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:45,734 just fell out of a tree saving his mom's cat. 210 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:51,000 He's broken four ribs. He's concussed. 211 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,333 Dad's rushed him to ER, but he's gone into shock. 212 00:15:54,333 --> 00:15:58,700 His blood pressure's way down. His vital signs almost nonexistent. 213 00:15:58,700 --> 00:16:02,333 Can we save him? 214 00:16:04,533 --> 00:16:06,600 Not if I use present methods of treatment. 215 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,800 See, conventional wisdom says I should constrict the vessels. 216 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:14,066 I beg to differ. Let's break their rules. 217 00:16:14,066 --> 00:16:15,667 Use my rules. 218 00:16:17,300 --> 00:16:20,467 Body needs blood. 219 00:16:20,467 --> 00:16:23,266 Let's give it some. 220 00:16:32,300 --> 00:16:34,000 How's that gauge? 221 00:16:37,367 --> 00:16:39,033 It's still falling. 222 00:16:43,433 --> 00:16:47,700 Maybe the experts are right. Maybe I'm wrong. 223 00:16:49,166 --> 00:16:54,000 Maybe I'll kill this boy and break his mother's heart. 224 00:16:55,100 --> 00:16:56,233 Hmm. 225 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,834 It's rising. ♪ ♪ 226 00:17:02,166 --> 00:17:04,333 That's life coming back. 227 00:17:04,333 --> 00:17:06,700 How's that make you feel? 228 00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:08,700 Good. 229 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,567 Very good, Doctor. 230 00:17:13,567 --> 00:17:17,266 Let's look at the record of our work. 231 00:17:23,233 --> 00:17:24,967 Where's the smoked drums? 232 00:17:24,967 --> 00:17:26,800 I'm sorry? 233 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:30,467 The smoked drums! 234 00:17:31,834 --> 00:17:34,333 You didn't set the smoked drums? 235 00:17:34,333 --> 00:17:36,367 What is a smoked drum? 236 00:17:38,033 --> 00:17:42,800 That's a smoked drum. What the fuck is wrong with you?! 237 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:47,066 I record all the information I need for my research on a smoked drum. 238 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:49,400 I did not know that. 239 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,033 Is nobody listening to me?! 240 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:56,467 God damn it! 241 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:01,800 I have to do everything myself! 242 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,633 A whole days' work goes down the toilet 243 00:18:04,633 --> 00:18:06,300 and I have to start all over again. 244 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:09,633 Do you have sawdust or just plain shit for brains? 245 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:19,133 And where the hell do you think you're going-- Fine, get out of here. 246 00:18:32,333 --> 00:18:35,533 ♪ ♪ 247 00:18:43,033 --> 00:18:45,667 Vivien! ( door closes ) 248 00:18:50,367 --> 00:18:52,967 Vivien. 249 00:18:52,967 --> 00:18:55,000 Oh, Jesus. 250 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,133 Hold on a minute, will you? 251 00:18:57,133 --> 00:19:00,734 I was not raised to take that type of talk from anyone. My apologies. 252 00:19:00,734 --> 00:19:02,533 I'm sorry I lost my temper. 253 00:19:02,533 --> 00:19:04,900 Normally it takes assistants months to learn 254 00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:07,133 what you picked up in a matter of days. 255 00:19:09,934 --> 00:19:11,734 It won't happen again. 256 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:18,834 Please. 257 00:19:18,834 --> 00:19:21,066 ♪ ♪ 258 00:19:22,667 --> 00:19:25,500 ♪ He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way ♪ 259 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:27,934 ♪ He had a boogie style that no one else could play ♪ 260 00:19:27,934 --> 00:19:31,133 ♪ He was a top man at his craft ♪ 261 00:19:31,133 --> 00:19:33,600 ♪ But then his number came up and he was gone with the draft ♪ 262 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,867 ♪ He's in the army now, a-blowin' reveille ♪ 263 00:19:36,867 --> 00:19:39,867 ♪ He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B ♪ 264 00:19:39,867 --> 00:19:43,000 ♪ They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam ♪ 265 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,767 ♪ It really brought him down because he couldn't jam ♪ ( cheering ) 266 00:19:45,767 --> 00:19:48,066 ♪ The captain seemed to understand ♪ 267 00:19:48,066 --> 00:19:51,667 ♪ Because the next day the cap' went out and drafted a band ♪ 268 00:19:51,667 --> 00:19:54,066 ♪ And now the company jumps when he plays reveille ♪ 269 00:19:54,066 --> 00:19:57,900 ♪ He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B. ♪ 270 00:20:10,266 --> 00:20:12,600 ( crowd gasps ) 271 00:20:16,734 --> 00:20:19,066 Ladies and gentlemen. 272 00:20:19,066 --> 00:20:21,600 Fellas, take the music down, will you? 273 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,967 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you. 274 00:20:24,967 --> 00:20:28,667 I mentioned to General Cunningham the other day 275 00:20:28,667 --> 00:20:32,467 how proud we were that Al had chosen us over 276 00:20:32,467 --> 00:20:34,633 all the medical schools in the country. 277 00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:37,000 John, why don't you tell everyone what you said? 278 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,066 Be glad to, Walter. 279 00:20:39,066 --> 00:20:43,500 I just got back from a month at the front. 280 00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:46,800 There are thousands of our boys in field hospitals 281 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,467 all over North Africa and Italy 282 00:20:49,467 --> 00:20:51,834 who owe their lives to Dr. Blalock's work 283 00:20:51,834 --> 00:20:53,934 in the treatment of shock. 284 00:20:53,934 --> 00:20:58,166 I want everyone here to know how grateful we are to him, 285 00:20:58,166 --> 00:21:00,967 and how proud you all should be. 286 00:21:00,967 --> 00:21:03,734 Hear hear! Hear hear! 287 00:21:03,734 --> 00:21:05,667 Dr. Blalock, welcome welcome. Thanks, General. 288 00:21:05,667 --> 00:21:08,533 Thanks, General. It's great to have you here, Al, 289 00:21:08,533 --> 00:21:12,166 but truth be told it's Mary we really want. 290 00:21:12,166 --> 00:21:13,934 ( laughing ) 291 00:21:13,934 --> 00:21:17,133 Our new chairman of the Department of Surgery, 292 00:21:17,133 --> 00:21:21,266 my old and dear friend, Dr. Alfred Blalock. 293 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,700 Thank you, Walter. 294 00:21:28,033 --> 00:21:32,100 Mary and I welcome you all to our home. 295 00:21:34,433 --> 00:21:37,734 As do our dear children. ( guests laughing ) 296 00:21:37,734 --> 00:21:40,934 ( whines ) Sadie get them to bed now. 297 00:21:44,834 --> 00:21:49,433 Thank you, Johns Hopkins, for my prodigal return 298 00:21:49,433 --> 00:21:51,934 after 15 years in the Tennessee backwoods-- 299 00:21:51,934 --> 00:21:55,533 to find myself back here. 300 00:21:55,533 --> 00:21:57,834 Dreams do come true. 301 00:21:59,333 --> 00:22:01,266 You're the best surgeons in the country 302 00:22:01,266 --> 00:22:04,867 and I'm honored to lead you. 303 00:22:04,867 --> 00:22:07,734 To use a timely reference-- 304 00:22:07,734 --> 00:22:10,667 "We'll storm the beaches together shoulder to shoulder. 305 00:22:10,667 --> 00:22:13,233 Lay siege to the mysteries of medicine." 306 00:22:13,233 --> 00:22:17,000 We'll make the kind of progress Hopkins used to be known for. 307 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,800 I know we will accomplish great things together. 308 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,100 ( music playing ) 309 00:22:25,100 --> 00:22:28,166 ( chattering ) 310 00:22:36,367 --> 00:22:41,100 Blalock: I'm looking for my next watershed discovery. 311 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:43,533 Not to put too modest a point on it. 312 00:22:43,533 --> 00:22:45,667 It's not enough for us to be great surgeons. 313 00:22:45,667 --> 00:22:47,800 We need to be outstanding researchers. 314 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,433 Any ideas? Anything innovative? 315 00:22:50,433 --> 00:22:52,000 Man: What about skin grafts? 316 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,700 Testing what skin groups might take? 317 00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:55,633 Isn't skin merely packaging? 318 00:22:55,633 --> 00:22:57,066 No, it keeps out an infection. 319 00:22:57,066 --> 00:22:59,166 Excuse me, Dr. Blalock, may I suggest something? 320 00:22:59,166 --> 00:23:01,567 Please do. I'm very suggestible. Tell us your name again. 321 00:23:01,567 --> 00:23:04,633 I run the Harriett Lane Clinic for Children. Dr. Taussig. 322 00:23:04,633 --> 00:23:06,500 Yes yes, of course. 323 00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:10,200 Ah, Dr. Longmire, Dr. Kelvin, Dr. Cooley. 324 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,000 I've read about your research. 325 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,066 Congenitally malformed hearts. 326 00:23:14,066 --> 00:23:16,033 Oh boy, women and their hearts. 327 00:23:16,033 --> 00:23:19,066 Vivien, would you get Dr. Taussig a drink? 328 00:23:19,066 --> 00:23:20,467 What would you like? 329 00:23:20,467 --> 00:23:22,600 Champagne would be lovely. 330 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,400 Let's lubricate the vein of inspiration. 331 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,567 Go on, Dr. Taussig, tell us more. 332 00:23:27,567 --> 00:23:29,767 Well, it's something that up to now has been 333 00:23:29,767 --> 00:23:31,700 written off as untreatable. 334 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:33,533 But I don't believe it has to be. 335 00:23:33,533 --> 00:23:37,133 I'm speaking of Tetralogy of Fallot. Blue babies. 336 00:23:37,133 --> 00:23:39,934 Yes, these children, their hearts aren't failing. 337 00:23:39,934 --> 00:23:43,233 They're suffocating, due to a blockage in the main artery to the lung. 338 00:23:43,233 --> 00:23:45,867 Pulmonary stenosis. 339 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:49,667 Taussig: The mortality rate is 100%. 340 00:23:49,667 --> 00:23:52,700 I've watched hundreds of cyanotic children die. 341 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:55,633 I admitted a baby tonight who will certainly die 342 00:23:55,633 --> 00:23:57,934 simply because no one has had the courage 343 00:23:57,934 --> 00:24:01,133 to attempt a surgical solution to this. 344 00:24:01,133 --> 00:24:03,200 Well, maybe with good reason. 345 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,533 To put it mildly. Helen, you can't operate on the heart. 346 00:24:05,533 --> 00:24:07,367 That's basic. We don't have clinical proof of that-- 347 00:24:07,367 --> 00:24:09,433 That is my point exactly. 348 00:24:09,433 --> 00:24:11,000 I think it's possible for us to be able to-- 349 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,400 Come on, Denton, you have to stop the heart 350 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,700 to perform a complicated correction in less than three minutes, 351 00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:17,200 and by that time they're dead. These children are doomed. 352 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,900 There must be a way to get more blood to the lungs. 353 00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:24,700 I doubt we could repair the defect in the heart walls-- 354 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:26,967 Without causing ventricular fibrillation. 355 00:24:26,967 --> 00:24:29,467 No, but maybe there's a way to avoid interfering 356 00:24:29,467 --> 00:24:31,400 with the greater circulation. 357 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,233 If we focus on the pulmonary artery. Blalock: Mm-hmm. 358 00:24:34,233 --> 00:24:36,900 Who on this God's Earth are you? 359 00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:40,100 ♪ ♪ 360 00:25:04,233 --> 00:25:06,100 I brought home some food from the party. 361 00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:08,467 I'm trying to get her down, Viv. Hold on. 362 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,133 Okay, girl. 363 00:25:12,133 --> 00:25:14,066 Now go to sleep, baby. 364 00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:16,500 Go to sleep. 365 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,500 The girls are just getting to bed? 366 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:25,200 Two-ton neighbor upstairs nearly burst through the boards. 367 00:25:26,333 --> 00:25:27,734 I'm gonna have to fix that. 368 00:25:27,734 --> 00:25:29,500 What, are you gonna fix the fat man? 369 00:25:29,500 --> 00:25:31,066 Get himself hollering his head off 370 00:25:31,066 --> 00:25:33,400 when the girls is trying to sleep? 371 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:37,033 Try a deviled egg. They're real good. 372 00:25:37,033 --> 00:25:39,667 Seen better in Nashville. 373 00:25:42,233 --> 00:25:44,033 I want to go home, Viv. 374 00:25:44,033 --> 00:25:46,600 Clara, it's our first week. 375 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:50,600 Yeah, and you said if we didn't like it, remember? 376 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,033 Yes. 377 00:25:53,033 --> 00:25:55,133 Our family's in Nashville. 378 00:25:55,133 --> 00:25:57,266 We had a nice home in a good neighborhood, 379 00:25:57,266 --> 00:25:58,500 the schools were fine. 380 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:02,033 Not living in this... 381 00:26:02,033 --> 00:26:04,567 I don't know how we're gonna make it on that paycheck he's talking about, 382 00:26:04,567 --> 00:26:06,767 and he got you serving drinks at his party just to make ends meet. 383 00:26:06,767 --> 00:26:11,200 Viv, come on. Try to understand when I started at Vanderbilt I was a janitor. 384 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:15,667 I know. And Dr. Blalock saw what I could contribute, and he gave me a chance. 385 00:26:15,667 --> 00:26:18,367 And when they offered him that big job in Detroit, 386 00:26:18,367 --> 00:26:20,567 he didn't take it because they didn't take me. 387 00:26:20,567 --> 00:26:23,500 Now I'm a lab assistant to a top surgeon 388 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:26,433 at the number-one medical school in the country. 389 00:26:26,433 --> 00:26:29,100 And it's a good position. And what about you going to medical school? 390 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:32,734 You don't have to remind me of that, Clara. We have a family now. 391 00:26:41,033 --> 00:26:43,133 ( sighs ) Sweetheart, it's important work. 392 00:26:43,133 --> 00:26:48,000 And it's a real opportunity and I love what I'm doing. 393 00:26:49,633 --> 00:26:51,900 So it doesn't really matter how I feel then, does it? 394 00:26:51,900 --> 00:26:54,467 Clara, you know it matters. 395 00:27:09,767 --> 00:27:11,166 Blalock: See that man? 396 00:27:11,166 --> 00:27:16,033 That's Johns Hopkins himself. 397 00:27:19,433 --> 00:27:22,433 Sir William Osler, 398 00:27:22,433 --> 00:27:26,667 the father of modern American medicine. 399 00:27:26,667 --> 00:27:30,934 William Halstead, invented the mastectomy. 400 00:27:32,767 --> 00:27:35,133 Let me show you some of the others. 401 00:27:40,734 --> 00:27:42,066 Excuse me. 402 00:27:42,066 --> 00:27:45,633 All workers punch in at the rear entrance. 403 00:27:45,633 --> 00:27:48,567 He's with me. 404 00:27:48,567 --> 00:27:50,266 That don't make any difference. 405 00:27:51,734 --> 00:27:55,367 Do you know who I am? No sir. 406 00:27:55,367 --> 00:27:58,667 I'm Dr. Blalock, chief surgical professor. 407 00:27:58,667 --> 00:28:01,166 Well, I'm sorry, Dr. Blalock, but that's the rules. 408 00:28:04,433 --> 00:28:06,667 I'll meet you in the labs, Vivien. 409 00:28:19,533 --> 00:28:22,000 ( bell dinging ) 410 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,700 Hey, you need to punch in first. 411 00:28:24,700 --> 00:28:28,266 Oh, thank you. Thank you. 412 00:29:04,433 --> 00:29:06,567 ( coughs ) 413 00:29:18,133 --> 00:29:20,166 I can see we've arrived. 414 00:29:20,166 --> 00:29:22,900 When was the last time they used this place? 415 00:29:22,900 --> 00:29:26,200 Have someone clean it up before they put the equipment in. 416 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,066 I'll meet you in an hour at the Harriet Lane wards. 417 00:29:28,066 --> 00:29:32,433 Let's see if there's anything in this idea of Dr. Taussig's. 418 00:30:01,867 --> 00:30:03,133 Man: Excuse me. 419 00:30:03,133 --> 00:30:05,400 Good morning. 420 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:09,834 Where do you think I could find someone to help us clean up the lab, Doctor? 421 00:30:09,834 --> 00:30:11,900 Who do you think you're talking to? 422 00:30:11,900 --> 00:30:14,567 I'm not sure. 423 00:30:14,567 --> 00:30:15,967 I'm Vivien Thomas. 424 00:30:15,967 --> 00:30:18,400 I work for Dr. Blalock, running his lab. 425 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,333 I'm Dr. Edgar V. Hecker. 426 00:30:22,867 --> 00:30:27,233 Director of laboratories. I'd like some coffee and a doughnut. 427 00:30:29,066 --> 00:30:31,900 Doctor, Doctor. 428 00:30:33,633 --> 00:30:36,033 There must be a mix-up. 429 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,667 Listen you, I won't stand for insolence. 430 00:30:40,667 --> 00:30:42,333 We'll see about this. 431 00:30:47,033 --> 00:30:49,400 You know, Doctor, there aren't many-- 432 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,133 What? I'm sorry. You'll have to speak up. 433 00:30:51,133 --> 00:30:52,533 I can't hear too well in this ear. 434 00:30:52,533 --> 00:30:55,567 You're one of the few women doctors I've seen here. 435 00:30:55,567 --> 00:30:58,533 Oh, at least they let me in through the front door. 436 00:30:58,533 --> 00:31:00,800 Hmm. 437 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,967 This is where we keep some of the older kids. 438 00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:11,600 Doctor. Hmm? 439 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,133 Why do they squat like that? 440 00:31:14,133 --> 00:31:17,400 A little boy told me that it helps him breathe better. 441 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,400 It cuts off the blood to the legs, 442 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,333 pushes it up into the lungs. 443 00:31:23,133 --> 00:31:25,467 They both look very cyanotic. 444 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:28,867 Here he is now. 445 00:31:30,834 --> 00:31:33,533 Dr. Blalock, welcome. Helen. Sorry. 446 00:31:33,533 --> 00:31:37,367 Here is the Saxon baby I was telling you about last night. 447 00:31:39,734 --> 00:31:41,333 Thank you. 448 00:31:42,834 --> 00:31:44,567 Mm-hmm. 449 00:31:57,133 --> 00:31:59,300 She usually smiles when someone does that. 450 00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:01,166 Hello, Mrs. Saxon. 451 00:32:03,867 --> 00:32:06,133 What is that thing? 452 00:32:06,133 --> 00:32:07,934 It's an oximeter. 453 00:32:07,934 --> 00:32:10,500 It reads how much oxygen there is in the blood. 454 00:32:12,533 --> 00:32:17,100 She looks cold in there, but I can't hold her. 455 00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:18,834 They say it isn't good for her. 456 00:32:18,834 --> 00:32:21,467 I'm not even supposed to let her cry. 457 00:32:21,467 --> 00:32:22,967 How do you keep a baby from crying 458 00:32:22,967 --> 00:32:25,667 especially if you can't hold her? 459 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,533 You can see the change in the shape of the size of the vessels 460 00:32:31,533 --> 00:32:33,567 as these hearts grow larger. 461 00:32:33,567 --> 00:32:37,567 I did necroscopies on some of my patients' hearts 462 00:32:37,567 --> 00:32:40,100 in order to study the malformations in detail. 463 00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:42,633 It's amazing they could live at all with hearts like these. 464 00:32:42,633 --> 00:32:46,867 Mr. Gross at Harvard said only God could correct a narrowing indentation 465 00:32:46,867 --> 00:32:48,800 of the left side of the aortic arch. 466 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,300 Perhaps that statement says more about Harvard 467 00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:53,066 than it does about God. 468 00:32:53,066 --> 00:32:54,567 That baby back there... 469 00:32:54,567 --> 00:32:57,000 how long? 470 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,700 Six months. A year at the very most. 471 00:33:00,700 --> 00:33:01,967 That's not right. 472 00:33:01,967 --> 00:33:04,000 Are you going to take this on, Doctor? 473 00:33:06,633 --> 00:33:09,834 Helen, I want to see 474 00:33:09,834 --> 00:33:12,233 all your diagnostic notes. 475 00:33:14,667 --> 00:33:16,500 I'll get them right away. 476 00:33:18,667 --> 00:33:20,333 Thank you. 477 00:33:34,266 --> 00:33:37,100 Blalock: Put away the books, Vivien. 478 00:33:37,100 --> 00:33:40,300 Let's not waste any more time on theoretical crap. 479 00:33:40,300 --> 00:33:43,667 Let's start with experiments. 480 00:33:43,667 --> 00:33:47,367 Four separate defects of the heart working in combination. 481 00:33:49,767 --> 00:33:52,834 The pulmonary artery is constricted... 482 00:33:53,967 --> 00:33:56,600 in the main artery before the divide, 483 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,700 diminishing blood supply to both lungs. 484 00:33:59,700 --> 00:34:03,967 And the hole in the septum causes the used blood 485 00:34:03,967 --> 00:34:06,867 to flow back into the arterial system, 486 00:34:06,867 --> 00:34:09,767 instead of flowing through the lungs, 487 00:34:09,767 --> 00:34:11,900 turning the babies blue. 488 00:34:13,433 --> 00:34:16,667 A baby's heart's delicate. 489 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,600 It's a goddamn minefield. 490 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,266 The first step is to see if we can create 491 00:34:24,266 --> 00:34:26,667 the blue baby condition in a dog, 492 00:34:26,667 --> 00:34:28,600 and then come up with a plan to solve it. 493 00:34:32,467 --> 00:34:33,800 You're drinking too much coffee. 494 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,834 Balzac drank 300 cups of coffee in one day. 495 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:43,467 Of course, he died of a perforated ulcer. 496 00:34:44,433 --> 00:34:46,533 ( chuckling ) 497 00:34:46,533 --> 00:34:50,367 The odds are against us reproducing this in the laboratory. 498 00:34:50,367 --> 00:34:52,633 Are you sure this 499 00:34:52,633 --> 00:34:54,600 is the limb you want to climb out on? 500 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:58,700 Back in '29 when I had TB... 501 00:35:01,233 --> 00:35:03,934 the x-rays showed a big 502 00:35:03,934 --> 00:35:07,000 gaping hole in my left lung. 503 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,800 I laid there on the freezing porch 504 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:13,100 in a sanatorium in upstate New York 505 00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:16,333 with 18 blankets on me. 506 00:35:16,333 --> 00:35:19,133 Nothing but my nose exposed to the elements. 507 00:35:19,133 --> 00:35:21,033 Hmm. 508 00:35:21,033 --> 00:35:24,734 Death's a very humbling thing to live with 509 00:35:24,734 --> 00:35:26,800 day in and day out. 510 00:35:28,967 --> 00:35:30,367 I swore then... 511 00:35:31,700 --> 00:35:33,500 if I got my life back 512 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:36,800 I would do something important with it. 513 00:35:39,033 --> 00:35:40,967 I know 514 00:35:40,967 --> 00:35:44,133 in every fiber of my being, 515 00:35:44,133 --> 00:35:48,333 that this is a limb I want to climb out on. 516 00:35:49,834 --> 00:35:53,000 It's gonna be hell trying to work with a child's vessels 517 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,233 three or four millimeters thick. 518 00:35:55,233 --> 00:35:58,300 Like sewing over cooked spaghetti noodles. 519 00:35:59,734 --> 00:36:02,266 We'll need the smallest sutures. 520 00:36:02,266 --> 00:36:05,033 We'll need to make our own tools. 521 00:36:05,033 --> 00:36:08,100 We could be in for trouble, Vivien. 522 00:36:08,100 --> 00:36:09,066 Big trouble. 523 00:36:09,066 --> 00:36:10,667 Woman over P.A.: Dr. Blalock. 524 00:36:10,667 --> 00:36:13,066 Dr. Alfred Blalock to OR, please. 525 00:36:13,066 --> 00:36:15,467 Blalock: They're driving me crazy. 526 00:36:15,467 --> 00:36:17,567 This goddamn war. 527 00:36:17,567 --> 00:36:20,000 We don't have enough doctors. 528 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,166 My surgery cases are through the roof. 529 00:36:22,166 --> 00:36:25,100 If I'm not operating, I'm teaching. 530 00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:28,200 You're gonna have to do most of this research. 531 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,700 What'll you need? 532 00:36:30,700 --> 00:36:34,100 I need a bulldog clamp 533 00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:36,033 small enough for the baby 534 00:36:36,033 --> 00:36:38,700 but strong enough to stop the flow of blood. 535 00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:40,667 What about a breathing device? 536 00:36:40,667 --> 00:36:44,066 I'd love a positive pressure respirator, 537 00:36:44,066 --> 00:36:46,467 but with this war going on? 538 00:36:46,467 --> 00:36:48,934 How in hell can I do the experiments 539 00:36:48,934 --> 00:36:50,834 if I can't even get the equipment? 540 00:36:50,834 --> 00:36:54,000 Dr. Alfred Blalock to OR, please. Oh shut up. 541 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,000 Well, you surely pissed off Ed Hecker. 542 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,400 You mean I disturbed his afternoon nap. 543 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,667 What is it with you 544 00:37:02,667 --> 00:37:05,200 and that boy of yours-- Thomas? 545 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,166 Why'd you bring him up here? 546 00:37:07,166 --> 00:37:10,066 We've been together more than 12 years. 547 00:37:10,066 --> 00:37:14,300 He's a really good... 548 00:37:14,300 --> 00:37:16,533 worker. 549 00:37:16,533 --> 00:37:18,700 ( Blalock laughs ) 550 00:37:18,700 --> 00:37:21,200 How about a little wager? 551 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,467 ( laughing ) 552 00:37:26,333 --> 00:37:29,567 $50? Whoa whoa whoa! 553 00:37:29,567 --> 00:37:31,300 Give him a break, Dick. 554 00:37:31,300 --> 00:37:33,734 You're on. 555 00:37:33,734 --> 00:37:37,567 There's a rumor going around you're contemplating heart surgery. 556 00:37:37,567 --> 00:37:40,133 Well, that's an intriguing rumor, don't you think? 557 00:37:40,133 --> 00:37:43,900 Wouldn't it be a feather in our cap if we were the first ones to do it? 558 00:37:43,900 --> 00:37:47,633 Oh, indeed it would. But I hope you'll forgive my skepticism. 559 00:37:47,633 --> 00:37:50,000 There's no reason for us to think it's possible. 560 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,834 And every indicator says it can't be done. 561 00:37:54,834 --> 00:37:56,834 Most of us agree, Al, the risks are huge. 562 00:37:56,834 --> 00:38:00,667 There isn't even any incremental progress. 563 00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:06,467 ( chuckling ) 564 00:38:08,433 --> 00:38:12,934 Where you see risks, I see opportunity. 565 00:38:15,734 --> 00:38:19,367 Hey, you gotta take care of that sink up in 4B. 566 00:38:19,367 --> 00:38:21,367 And I thought you said you were gonna fix these steps? 567 00:38:21,367 --> 00:38:22,600 Yes, forgive me, Mr. Green, 568 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,233 I've been very busy at work. 569 00:38:24,233 --> 00:38:25,500 But I will get to them. 570 00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:28,533 The deal is $7 off for odd jobs every month. 571 00:38:28,533 --> 00:38:30,300 You gotta pick up the pace. 572 00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:53,066 ( sighs ) Man on radio: With Allied forces fighting 573 00:38:53,066 --> 00:38:56,200 at Cassino, German Field Marshal Kesselring 574 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:57,800 has earned a reputation... 575 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,834 Mmm! This is good, sweetheart. 576 00:39:00,834 --> 00:39:03,000 It's got some kick to it tonight. ♪ ♪ 577 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,500 It's the same as last night. 578 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:06,734 Just put it on a different side of the plate. 579 00:39:06,734 --> 00:39:10,233 Sometimes it's better the next day. 580 00:39:10,233 --> 00:39:14,033 I hope so, 'cause guess what? 581 00:39:14,033 --> 00:39:16,266 Tomorrow it's hash a la king. 582 00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:20,100 And hash a la queen tonight. Ohh. 583 00:39:27,166 --> 00:39:29,533 I could get a job. 584 00:39:34,934 --> 00:39:37,200 Who'll look after the girls? 585 00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:48,433 I know it's not Nashville. 586 00:39:50,867 --> 00:39:52,900 And I know... 587 00:39:52,900 --> 00:39:56,567 I wouldn't be able to do what I'm doing without you. 588 00:39:57,900 --> 00:40:00,734 My father took care of us. I'll take care of you. 589 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,967 And everything's gonna be just fine. We'll be just fine here. 590 00:40:05,967 --> 00:40:10,066 You're right. We'll be fine here. 591 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,133 Blalock: We're gonna run out of dogs at this rate, Vivien. 592 00:40:16,133 --> 00:40:17,367 It's been three months 593 00:40:17,367 --> 00:40:19,433 and all I'm closer to is retirement. 594 00:40:19,433 --> 00:40:22,467 Things move slow sometimes. 595 00:40:22,467 --> 00:40:26,266 No matter what you want. I'm getting close. 596 00:40:26,266 --> 00:40:29,200 I've got 30% desaturation. 597 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,100 That dog was faintly blue at best. 598 00:40:31,100 --> 00:40:34,033 Till we get the dog in the same state as the baby, we can't move forward. 599 00:40:34,033 --> 00:40:35,533 What is the problem? 600 00:40:35,533 --> 00:40:38,633 Every time I constrict, it kills the dogs. 601 00:40:38,633 --> 00:40:43,066 I've tried nylon, ligature, umbilical tape, ox fascia. 602 00:40:43,066 --> 00:40:45,633 We need a new approach. 603 00:40:46,967 --> 00:40:49,233 Okay, forget constriction. 604 00:40:49,233 --> 00:40:51,500 Try a partial lobectomy. 605 00:40:51,500 --> 00:40:54,333 Remove both lobes of the right lung. 606 00:40:54,333 --> 00:40:55,800 Do an arteries to veins fistula 607 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,033 where the medial wall of the aorta 608 00:40:58,033 --> 00:41:00,166 and the pulmonary artery adhere. 609 00:41:00,166 --> 00:41:03,633 I'll be in the OR. 610 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:11,800 That's a very good idea, Doctor, thank you. 611 00:41:14,133 --> 00:41:15,300 Damn it! 612 00:41:15,300 --> 00:41:16,567 You did the best you could. 613 00:41:16,567 --> 00:41:19,367 With the condition of his liver, you never had a chance. 614 00:41:19,367 --> 00:41:22,000 I, always have a chance. 615 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,633 Get me his autopsy. Yes sir. 616 00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:30,800 Shit! 617 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,667 Damn! 618 00:41:37,233 --> 00:41:40,400 What's that? Our new respirator. 619 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,133 I was rummaging around the machine shop. 620 00:41:43,133 --> 00:41:46,767 It's not pretty, but it works. 621 00:41:46,767 --> 00:41:48,433 Whoa! 622 00:41:48,433 --> 00:41:51,233 It is pretty. 623 00:41:54,133 --> 00:41:55,667 I knew I could count on you. 624 00:41:55,667 --> 00:41:57,633 You're the only one I can trust around here. 625 00:41:57,633 --> 00:42:02,266 I suspect others relish the thought of seeing me fail. Oh. 626 00:42:13,533 --> 00:42:15,000 Mary! 627 00:42:23,700 --> 00:42:27,300 There's an ambulance in the driveway. Good evening. 628 00:42:28,934 --> 00:42:32,834 General Cunningham needed help carting wounded GIs off the ship. 629 00:42:32,834 --> 00:42:35,633 So I volunteered to be a driver on the base. 630 00:42:35,633 --> 00:42:38,100 Oh. 631 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:43,233 Wow, that's wonderful. Not really. 632 00:42:43,233 --> 00:42:45,834 I got a lot of time on my hands. 633 00:42:45,834 --> 00:42:47,667 She wouldn't go to bed? 634 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:50,767 Not until you came home. 635 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:56,767 You know what she said today? 636 00:42:56,767 --> 00:42:59,834 She said she wanted to be a patient when she grows up. 637 00:42:59,834 --> 00:43:02,166 So she can get to see her daddy. 638 00:43:02,166 --> 00:43:04,133 Hmm. 639 00:43:08,033 --> 00:43:10,367 ( chuckles ) 640 00:43:10,367 --> 00:43:14,600 I don't remember you wearing a tool belt at your coming-out party. 641 00:43:17,166 --> 00:43:19,867 Guess it has been a couple of weeks 642 00:43:19,867 --> 00:43:21,900 since I made it home before 11:00. 643 00:43:21,900 --> 00:43:25,834 No, it's 23 days. 644 00:43:25,834 --> 00:43:29,867 Not as if I don't know the lot of a doctor's wife, but... 645 00:43:30,867 --> 00:43:32,633 I miss you. 646 00:43:37,333 --> 00:43:40,700 It's gonna change. 647 00:43:40,700 --> 00:43:42,800 It's probably gonna get worse. 648 00:43:47,467 --> 00:43:50,300 Hey, Vivien. Hey, Dr. Longmire. 649 00:43:50,300 --> 00:43:52,900 Is Dr. Blalock in? No, he's not. 650 00:43:52,900 --> 00:43:54,633 I don't know where he is. 651 00:43:54,633 --> 00:43:57,000 You should check his office. 652 00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:13,667 That's an interesting procedure. 653 00:44:13,667 --> 00:44:15,800 Never seen a clamp like that before. 654 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,467 It's for small vascular work. 655 00:44:18,467 --> 00:44:19,834 Where'd you get it? 656 00:44:19,834 --> 00:44:22,867 I pieced it together from some things lying around. 657 00:44:22,867 --> 00:44:27,233 Ahh, now we're getting somewhere. Uh-huh. 658 00:44:34,433 --> 00:44:37,400 You're not even looking. Hmm. 659 00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:41,400 It's like when you come home late at night, you know? 660 00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,166 You know the feel of the room in the dark. 661 00:44:44,166 --> 00:44:47,033 ( sighs ) 662 00:44:47,033 --> 00:44:49,100 That looks impossible. 663 00:44:49,100 --> 00:44:51,200 Oh no no, if I can do it, you can do it. 664 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,333 You see, uh... 665 00:44:54,333 --> 00:44:58,433 this string here, that's how you get traction on the suture, 666 00:44:58,433 --> 00:45:02,633 'cause you need a lot of exposure for the anastomosis. 667 00:45:02,633 --> 00:45:04,734 Mm-hmm. 668 00:45:06,100 --> 00:45:07,834 I'd like to work with you some time. 669 00:45:07,834 --> 00:45:12,533 Oh fine, Dr. Longmire, that'd be fine. 670 00:45:12,533 --> 00:45:15,066 My emergency rotation starts in 10 minutes, 671 00:45:15,066 --> 00:45:17,233 but I can come in on Thursday. 672 00:45:17,233 --> 00:45:19,867 That'd be fine. You have a good day, Doctor. 673 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,934 ( laughs ) 674 00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:58,300 Harold? 675 00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:02,400 What are you doing here? 676 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,033 I was in the neighborhood. 677 00:46:04,033 --> 00:46:07,133 The Supreme Court-- you finally made it. Mm-hmm. 678 00:46:07,133 --> 00:46:11,266 A long time. You been working on this case for what, nine years? 679 00:46:11,266 --> 00:46:15,133 No no, 12 years. 12 years? 680 00:46:15,133 --> 00:46:16,700 Time. 681 00:46:16,700 --> 00:46:19,700 So tell me, tell me, what was it like? 682 00:46:19,700 --> 00:46:24,033 Well, nine white guys in big gowns walked in first. 683 00:46:24,033 --> 00:46:26,500 Then the school board lawyer. 684 00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:28,900 Our lawyer Thurgood Marshall, 685 00:46:28,900 --> 00:46:31,066 he looked kind of lonely in there. 686 00:46:31,066 --> 00:46:33,900 And you know what them people said in their brief? 687 00:46:33,900 --> 00:46:37,166 Said since colored teachers in Nashville live so cheaply, 688 00:46:37,166 --> 00:46:40,567 they should pay us a whole lot less than white teachers. 689 00:46:40,567 --> 00:46:43,667 But let me tell you-- Thurgood... 690 00:46:43,667 --> 00:46:46,467 Thurgood said he'd be goddamned if they could get away with that. 691 00:46:46,467 --> 00:46:49,900 So he gets up and says to that white lawyer, "You're full of it. 692 00:46:49,900 --> 00:46:53,800 Have you ever read the Constitution? 693 00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:55,633 The damned 14th Amendment-- 694 00:46:55,633 --> 00:46:57,300 the equal protection clause 695 00:46:57,300 --> 00:47:01,266 says a government can't discriminate based on race." 696 00:47:01,266 --> 00:47:03,700 Yes, Lord. 697 00:47:03,700 --> 00:47:05,734 I mean, he was good, Viv. 698 00:47:05,734 --> 00:47:08,467 I think we got the Board of Education on the run. 699 00:47:08,467 --> 00:47:11,800 That's good news, Harold. So when will they decide? 700 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:13,900 Could be months, longer. 701 00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:17,266 I don't know, but I can wait, after all these years. 702 00:47:17,266 --> 00:47:19,667 All those calls I got in the middle of the night-- 703 00:47:19,667 --> 00:47:21,467 white folk telling me they gonna kill me 704 00:47:21,467 --> 00:47:23,166 if I don't drop this lawsuit. 705 00:47:23,166 --> 00:47:26,567 No, you gotta show 'em you won't take that kind of treatment. 706 00:47:26,567 --> 00:47:29,100 Come here. So listen to me when I tell you, 707 00:47:29,100 --> 00:47:31,834 you need to leave this sorry-ass place and that dead-end job. 708 00:47:31,834 --> 00:47:35,000 Oh, Harold, Dr. Blalock's doing the best he can for me. 709 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:36,800 Ah, it's not enough. 710 00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,367 He trusts me to carry out those experiments on my own. 711 00:47:39,367 --> 00:47:41,633 I'm running the whole lab. Thank you, baby. 712 00:47:41,633 --> 00:47:43,934 But does he compensate you extra for that? 713 00:47:43,934 --> 00:47:46,467 Oh now, Harold, Vivien's doing important research now. 714 00:47:46,467 --> 00:47:48,800 But he's forgetting what Granddaddy told us. 715 00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:51,800 He said he regretted acting so grateful for being free, 716 00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:53,633 for what really wasn't any freedom at all. Wasn't freedom at all. 717 00:47:53,633 --> 00:47:56,900 I know, I remember. That's right. Did you hear that? 718 00:48:03,233 --> 00:48:06,500 Hey. What you giving him extra for? 719 00:48:06,500 --> 00:48:11,600 What's wrong with me? Nothing minding your own business wouldn't cure. 720 00:48:14,967 --> 00:48:17,066 You got that white coat. 721 00:48:17,066 --> 00:48:20,500 But you're just a class three worker, same as me. 722 00:48:20,500 --> 00:48:22,533 In fact, 723 00:48:22,533 --> 00:48:25,333 I got two years seniority on you. 724 00:48:25,333 --> 00:48:27,533 I'm making more than you. 725 00:48:27,533 --> 00:48:29,967 Don't think you some kind of big shot around here. 726 00:48:29,967 --> 00:48:33,233 Excuse me, buddy. Class three, what does that mean? 727 00:48:33,233 --> 00:48:35,800 It means salary grade. 728 00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:40,100 And, ma'am, and this here? What's this? 729 00:48:40,100 --> 00:48:42,100 Job classification. 730 00:48:42,100 --> 00:48:44,633 What is class three? 731 00:48:46,467 --> 00:48:48,300 Maintenance worker. 732 00:48:48,300 --> 00:48:51,266 I'm a lab technician. That can't be. 733 00:48:53,700 --> 00:48:56,500 Vivien Thomas. 734 00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:02,767 Okay. Here we go. 735 00:49:02,767 --> 00:49:06,934 "Vivien Thomas, class three." 736 00:49:06,934 --> 00:49:08,567 Thank you. 737 00:49:17,934 --> 00:49:22,166 How's it going? The vessel's tolerating ligation. 738 00:49:22,166 --> 00:49:23,934 Any progress? 739 00:49:25,467 --> 00:49:26,834 If you kill that dog, 740 00:49:26,834 --> 00:49:29,166 I swear I will take it out of your paycheck. 741 00:49:33,533 --> 00:49:34,934 I'm finished up here. 742 00:49:34,934 --> 00:49:38,867 Dr. Longmire, would you mind closing up for me? Thank you. 743 00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:43,533 Oh, come on, Vivien. 744 00:49:47,166 --> 00:49:48,333 Vivien. 745 00:49:56,033 --> 00:49:58,066 Vivien. 746 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:07,367 Vivien, I-- I was kidding about taking it 747 00:50:07,367 --> 00:50:08,834 out of your paycheck. 748 00:50:08,834 --> 00:50:13,300 Well, good luck 'cause I only make $16 a week. 749 00:50:13,300 --> 00:50:15,233 That's for a 16-hour day. 750 00:50:15,233 --> 00:50:16,800 Well, that's all they can pay. 751 00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,934 That's all they can pay class three workers around here. 752 00:50:19,934 --> 00:50:22,867 What are you talking about? 753 00:50:22,867 --> 00:50:26,300 That's my job classification. 754 00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:31,500 Who cares what they call you, 755 00:50:31,500 --> 00:50:34,066 you and I both know how valuable the work is that you do. 756 00:50:34,066 --> 00:50:38,700 If my work is so important, then why am I class three? 757 00:50:38,700 --> 00:50:42,700 Two grades below what I do in classification and pay. 758 00:50:42,700 --> 00:50:46,333 I don't know why. I don't pay attention to bureaucratic details. 759 00:50:46,333 --> 00:50:49,166 I see. Look, at Hopkins you can't be a technician 760 00:50:49,166 --> 00:50:52,700 without a college degree. And where are you going? 761 00:50:52,700 --> 00:50:54,533 I need to fix some steps. 762 00:50:54,533 --> 00:50:57,467 We have work to do. 763 00:50:57,467 --> 00:51:00,100 Do I have your permission 764 00:51:00,100 --> 00:51:03,667 to do some work for my landlord, so I can pay my rent? 765 00:51:08,567 --> 00:51:11,967 Longmire: Dr. Blalock, could you come here please? 766 00:51:15,934 --> 00:51:18,133 You're not gonna believe this. 767 00:51:18,133 --> 00:51:20,066 Look at the oximeter. 768 00:51:27,333 --> 00:51:31,233 The gums are blue, Doctor. Vivien did it. 769 00:51:34,100 --> 00:51:35,867 Mary: Off, Alfred. 770 00:51:35,867 --> 00:51:38,467 Off, Alfred! 771 00:51:40,900 --> 00:51:42,834 I brought him up here. 772 00:51:42,834 --> 00:51:45,767 I gave him this opportunity. 773 00:51:45,767 --> 00:51:48,166 I don't set the pay scale. 774 00:51:48,166 --> 00:51:50,033 I just don't see what more I can do. 775 00:51:50,033 --> 00:51:51,934 You're probably feeling guilty. 776 00:51:51,934 --> 00:51:55,667 Guilty? What the hell do I have to feel guilty about? 777 00:51:55,667 --> 00:51:57,500 For not sending him to college. 778 00:51:57,500 --> 00:51:59,500 You think I should have sent Vivien to college? 779 00:51:59,500 --> 00:52:03,066 Sure, why not? Told me that was his dream. 780 00:52:03,066 --> 00:52:04,500 Even mentioned it to me once. 781 00:52:04,500 --> 00:52:06,400 You know I need him in the lab. 782 00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:09,100 Well... 783 00:52:09,100 --> 00:52:12,467 I guess there's only so much good one person can do. 784 00:52:12,467 --> 00:52:15,133 Congratulations on the dog. 785 00:52:16,633 --> 00:52:19,367 The kind of raise you're suggesting, 786 00:52:19,367 --> 00:52:21,200 how important is this? 787 00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:22,734 He makes it possible for me 788 00:52:22,734 --> 00:52:25,433 to be in many places at the same time. 789 00:52:25,433 --> 00:52:27,133 Can't you just hire a well-trained college kid-- 790 00:52:27,133 --> 00:52:30,266 No, I can't. His hands are important to me. 791 00:52:30,266 --> 00:52:32,800 He's good at following my instructions, improving on them. 792 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:34,967 Better than anyone I've ever encountered. 793 00:52:34,967 --> 00:52:38,066 So you want me to circumvent every administrative regulation 794 00:52:38,066 --> 00:52:39,734 on behalf of a colored helper. 795 00:52:39,734 --> 00:52:42,133 Walter, I'm close to accomplishing something, 796 00:52:42,133 --> 00:52:44,934 and I need him with me so I can continue with my research. 797 00:52:44,934 --> 00:52:47,100 Can I count on your help? 798 00:52:49,567 --> 00:52:52,166 Hello, Clara. 799 00:52:52,166 --> 00:52:54,233 Dr. Blalock. 800 00:52:56,266 --> 00:53:00,066 Come in, sir. 801 00:53:00,066 --> 00:53:01,900 Thank you. 802 00:53:05,300 --> 00:53:07,667 Is Vivien at home? 803 00:53:07,667 --> 00:53:10,867 Yeah, he's putting the kids down. 804 00:53:12,133 --> 00:53:14,066 Viv. 805 00:53:17,700 --> 00:53:19,100 You know... 806 00:53:19,100 --> 00:53:20,767 in 13 years, Dr. Blalock, 807 00:53:20,767 --> 00:53:22,834 I don't recall you ever stopping by our house. 808 00:53:24,633 --> 00:53:27,433 I don't recall ever being invited. 809 00:53:27,433 --> 00:53:30,133 Professor. 810 00:53:30,133 --> 00:53:32,200 Did something happen? 811 00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:35,300 Yes, I obtained a raise for you, 25 extra dollars a month 812 00:53:35,300 --> 00:53:38,300 on top of what you're already making. That's 300 for the whole year. 813 00:53:38,300 --> 00:53:41,066 Will that be sufficient? What job classification? 814 00:53:41,066 --> 00:53:43,667 Surgical technician. I got you promoted. 815 00:53:43,667 --> 00:53:47,266 Promoted... to what he already does. 816 00:53:49,066 --> 00:53:50,934 Excuse me. 817 00:53:58,233 --> 00:54:01,567 Now you can pay your rent and put all your focus on our research. 818 00:54:01,567 --> 00:54:05,033 Vivien, back there in the lab with Panches, what did you do? 819 00:54:05,033 --> 00:54:08,500 What you suggested. A partial fistula. 820 00:54:08,500 --> 00:54:11,567 I stitched the main arteries and veins together end to end, 821 00:54:11,567 --> 00:54:13,200 and two lobes of the lungs. 822 00:54:14,567 --> 00:54:17,500 We created a blue baby's heart in that dog. 823 00:54:20,867 --> 00:54:22,467 Did we? 824 00:54:22,467 --> 00:54:26,934 Now we have our disease model, we can find a cure. 825 00:54:26,934 --> 00:54:29,567 And as much as I enjoyed coming here to see you, 826 00:54:29,567 --> 00:54:32,467 would you mind terribly if I got you a telephone? 827 00:54:32,467 --> 00:54:36,767 No, not at all. 828 00:54:36,767 --> 00:54:39,100 Thank you. 829 00:54:42,967 --> 00:54:45,600 A shunt. 830 00:54:46,734 --> 00:54:50,166 I'm sorry, Doctor, what'd you say? 831 00:54:50,166 --> 00:54:52,367 We need to create a shunt 832 00:54:52,367 --> 00:54:55,734 to get more oxygenated blood to the lungs. 833 00:54:58,567 --> 00:55:01,133 Can't see how to do it. 834 00:55:01,133 --> 00:55:03,567 Remember back in Vanderbilt 835 00:55:03,567 --> 00:55:06,633 when we were doing the research on 836 00:55:06,633 --> 00:55:10,033 how to create high blood pressure in the lungs? 837 00:55:10,033 --> 00:55:13,633 Yes, I connected the subclavian to the pulmonary artery. 838 00:55:13,633 --> 00:55:17,200 We failed to get the higher blood pressure, 839 00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:20,633 but we did get higher blood flow. 840 00:55:22,734 --> 00:55:27,100 Which is exactly what Dr. Taussig said these babies need. 841 00:55:27,100 --> 00:55:29,433 That's it. 842 00:55:29,433 --> 00:55:32,066 We build a bypass. 843 00:55:32,066 --> 00:55:34,066 Take an artery and redirect it. 844 00:55:35,533 --> 00:55:39,867 Systemic artery to the pulmonary artery then-- 845 00:55:39,867 --> 00:55:41,834 Through the lungs. 846 00:55:41,834 --> 00:55:45,533 It's a long way around, but it gets you there. 847 00:55:45,533 --> 00:55:48,567 If we went from the right side, we have an advantage there. 848 00:55:48,567 --> 00:55:52,834 But the recurrent nerve is in the way, and if we kink that... 849 00:55:52,834 --> 00:55:56,333 Vocal cords paralyzed. And the carotid's here. 850 00:55:56,333 --> 00:55:59,700 We may kill the brain if we damage that. 851 00:55:59,700 --> 00:56:02,333 Comforting thought. 852 00:56:06,467 --> 00:56:08,600 The subclavian... 853 00:56:09,467 --> 00:56:11,767 tie it off here. 854 00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:17,734 After the divide. 855 00:56:17,734 --> 00:56:21,867 Cut it right under the clavicle. 856 00:56:21,867 --> 00:56:24,467 Swing it down, 857 00:56:24,467 --> 00:56:27,066 along a slow general arc. 858 00:56:27,066 --> 00:56:30,100 Will it hold if we pull it down four inches? 859 00:56:30,100 --> 00:56:33,033 If your hands don't get too excited. 860 00:56:33,033 --> 00:56:35,633 Thank you for the vote of confidence. 861 00:56:35,633 --> 00:56:38,100 No one's ever done anything as hard as this. 862 00:56:38,100 --> 00:56:41,233 Changing the course of blood. 863 00:56:41,233 --> 00:56:43,900 And turn blue into pink. 864 00:56:48,867 --> 00:56:52,266 And death into life. 865 00:57:13,433 --> 00:57:16,767 I don't care what the chart says. 866 00:57:16,767 --> 00:57:20,033 This girl wants to live. 867 00:57:34,767 --> 00:57:37,867 Retractor. No, suture. 868 00:57:37,867 --> 00:57:41,367 Can't we try things my way occasionally? 869 00:57:41,367 --> 00:57:43,633 Oh, all right. 870 00:57:43,633 --> 00:57:45,700 Sutures. 871 00:57:49,967 --> 00:57:54,033 Do you mind if I show you something, Doctor? 872 00:57:59,967 --> 00:58:02,066 Thank you. 873 00:58:09,734 --> 00:58:11,033 Do you need any help? 874 00:58:11,033 --> 00:58:13,667 No, that's fine, thank you. 875 00:58:17,934 --> 00:58:21,467 I have to purse string the anastomosis. 876 00:58:23,367 --> 00:58:27,667 Okay, there. He's all yours, Doctor. 877 00:58:32,300 --> 00:58:33,867 Do you feel the connection? 878 00:58:36,066 --> 00:58:40,233 Are you sure you did this, Vivien? 879 00:58:41,300 --> 00:58:44,567 This is like something the Lord made. 880 00:58:51,900 --> 00:58:55,333 Look, Mr. Saxon, Mrs. Saxon, 881 00:58:55,333 --> 00:58:58,333 I acknowledge that these are uncharted waters. 882 00:58:58,333 --> 00:59:00,133 There are risks. 883 00:59:00,133 --> 00:59:02,767 But I think we have found a way 884 00:59:02,767 --> 00:59:05,033 to repair your daughter's heart. 885 00:59:05,033 --> 00:59:06,767 How? 886 00:59:08,667 --> 00:59:11,934 You're stationed where-- Norfolk, is it, Mr. Saxon? 887 00:59:11,934 --> 00:59:15,200 Yes sir. Been working on the Spencer, 888 00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:16,734 trying to get her back out to sea. 889 00:59:16,734 --> 00:59:18,600 You work on the engines, right? 890 00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:20,100 Yes sir. 891 00:59:20,100 --> 00:59:23,500 Well, I'd be changing around some of the piping 892 00:59:23,500 --> 00:59:25,633 leading to and from your daughter's heart. 893 00:59:25,633 --> 00:59:30,400 Just... just switching around the pipes? 894 00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:31,800 Yes. 895 00:59:31,800 --> 00:59:35,967 Arteries that bring the blood to and from the heart 896 00:59:35,967 --> 00:59:38,400 to the lungs act just like pipes. 897 00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:42,633 I've been successful switching them around. 898 00:59:42,633 --> 00:59:45,600 It's that easy? 899 00:59:45,600 --> 00:59:47,633 No, it's not that easy. 900 00:59:47,633 --> 00:59:50,033 No surgery is, 901 00:59:50,033 --> 00:59:52,467 and this operation has special complications. 902 00:59:52,467 --> 00:59:55,333 But I still think it's worth doing. 903 00:59:57,500 --> 00:59:59,300 Well... 904 01:00:04,734 --> 01:00:07,700 we're gonna talk about this, Doctor. 905 01:00:07,700 --> 01:00:10,367 Good idea. 906 01:00:15,667 --> 01:00:18,100 It's gonna be a lot harder with a baby. 907 01:00:18,100 --> 01:00:21,667 We're gonna have to collapse one of her lungs. 908 01:00:23,133 --> 01:00:25,967 She's already so cyanotic. 909 01:00:25,967 --> 01:00:28,166 She's not getting enough oxygen, 910 01:00:28,166 --> 01:00:31,800 and we're gonna have to take away half of her lung function. 911 01:00:33,834 --> 01:00:37,767 You made those new clamps yet? I'm working on it. 912 01:00:37,767 --> 01:00:41,100 What if I shred her insides with those clamps? 913 01:00:41,100 --> 01:00:43,233 So many ways to fail. 914 01:00:43,233 --> 01:00:45,533 Every second counts. 915 01:00:45,533 --> 01:00:48,400 A single minute is too long. 916 01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:51,934 A single minute of poor blood flow to the brain, 917 01:00:51,934 --> 01:00:56,433 a single second of open bleeding. 918 01:00:56,433 --> 01:01:00,500 Mrs. Saxon: Are you saying I shouldn't allow this doctor 919 01:01:00,500 --> 01:01:03,467 to perform a miracle to save my baby? 920 01:01:03,467 --> 01:01:06,233 We don't get to demand miracles. 921 01:01:06,233 --> 01:01:09,500 Honey, God has his plans. 922 01:01:09,500 --> 01:01:11,700 Maybe we just have to accept it. 923 01:01:11,700 --> 01:01:14,834 But I was so happy when I was pregnant with Eilene. 924 01:01:14,834 --> 01:01:17,266 You know, I haven't had enough time. 925 01:01:17,266 --> 01:01:20,000 Why can't God let me get to know her first? 926 01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:22,633 I mean, I don't want to go against Him. 927 01:01:22,633 --> 01:01:26,934 But why can't His plan be... 928 01:01:26,934 --> 01:01:30,500 to let this doctor save her life? 929 01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:32,934 Professor Blalock. 930 01:01:32,934 --> 01:01:37,233 Mrs. Saxon told me you plan to operate on her baby. 931 01:01:37,233 --> 01:01:39,433 Have you actually seen this child, Doctor? 932 01:01:39,433 --> 01:01:41,166 I check on her every day. 933 01:01:41,166 --> 01:01:42,867 And you're still going to proceed? 934 01:01:42,867 --> 01:01:44,533 Have you had any success in the lab? 935 01:01:44,533 --> 01:01:48,200 Absolutely. I successfully performed a shunt on a dog 936 01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:49,300 just two weeks ago. 937 01:01:49,300 --> 01:01:51,133 I can't imagine you're gonna proceed 938 01:01:51,133 --> 01:01:53,300 based on a laboratory success on a dog. 939 01:01:53,300 --> 01:01:55,967 How many people have you saved? 940 01:01:57,767 --> 01:02:01,500 So what you're telling me is you're performing an experiment, not an operation? 941 01:02:01,500 --> 01:02:03,066 My instincts tell me 942 01:02:03,066 --> 01:02:05,066 nature made a mistake and I can fix it. 943 01:02:05,066 --> 01:02:08,433 Would you like to see what I've been doing, Father? 944 01:02:19,433 --> 01:02:21,800 And right now my instincts tell me 945 01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:23,700 perhaps you should come back another day. 946 01:02:23,700 --> 01:02:27,633 What? Your quest for glory is vain, 947 01:02:27,633 --> 01:02:29,166 arrogant. 948 01:02:29,166 --> 01:02:31,667 It takes arrogance to cut someone with a scalpel, 949 01:02:31,667 --> 01:02:34,200 to save their life. I have no doubt. 950 01:02:34,200 --> 01:02:36,400 But if you intervene with God's will, 951 01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:39,367 violate the purity of an innocent heart, 952 01:02:39,367 --> 01:02:43,667 the parents, not you, Doctor, will bear the burden of guilt. 953 01:02:43,667 --> 01:02:47,934 Perhaps God is, as you say, trying to kill this child. 954 01:02:47,934 --> 01:02:49,500 I am not. 955 01:02:52,200 --> 01:02:54,633 Vivien: Oh, look at this. 956 01:02:54,633 --> 01:02:56,333 The shunt gave out. 957 01:02:56,333 --> 01:03:00,834 Yeah, it looks like a train wreck. 958 01:03:00,834 --> 01:03:02,300 ( sighs ) 959 01:03:02,300 --> 01:03:04,834 What happened to you, Panches? 960 01:03:04,834 --> 01:03:07,967 Maybe we should just stop here, Doctor. No. 961 01:03:09,734 --> 01:03:13,166 We using the wrong vessel? 962 01:03:14,266 --> 01:03:17,767 What the hell's going on? 963 01:03:20,033 --> 01:03:23,333 ( groaning ) 964 01:03:26,300 --> 01:03:28,367 Babe, babe. 965 01:03:28,367 --> 01:03:29,433 Get up, baby. 966 01:03:29,433 --> 01:03:32,200 Mm-hmm. Wake up. 967 01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:36,133 It's okay. It's okay, baby. 968 01:03:38,133 --> 01:03:39,800 It's just a nightmare. 969 01:03:39,800 --> 01:03:41,633 Oh my God. 970 01:03:46,033 --> 01:03:48,667 Where the hell have you been, Vivien? 971 01:03:48,667 --> 01:03:52,867 I had a dream about this white woman last night. 972 01:03:52,867 --> 01:03:56,000 Well, perhaps that's something best kept to yourself. 973 01:03:56,000 --> 01:03:57,467 No... ( chuckles ) 974 01:03:57,467 --> 01:04:01,734 I knew it was Eilene Saxon. She was all grown up. 975 01:04:01,734 --> 01:04:04,333 She was sitting there in a corner. 976 01:04:04,333 --> 01:04:07,133 She was knitting, 977 01:04:07,133 --> 01:04:09,066 and she let out a baby voice 978 01:04:09,066 --> 01:04:11,767 and she fell over dead. 979 01:04:11,767 --> 01:04:16,266 I couldn't see it, but I knew that inside she had a baby heart. 980 01:04:16,266 --> 01:04:20,133 She just fell over dead. What the hell does that have to do wi-- 981 01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:28,266 The stitches 982 01:04:28,266 --> 01:04:30,367 didn't grow. 983 01:04:30,367 --> 01:04:33,633 When we did the shunt on Panches, he was 10 pounds. 984 01:04:33,633 --> 01:04:35,834 He went up to 20. He pulled it loose. 985 01:04:35,834 --> 01:04:38,000 I was wrong. Purse stringing doesn't work. 986 01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:40,900 We need a new stitching technique. 987 01:04:40,900 --> 01:04:43,533 Continuous on the back wall, interrupted on the front wall. 988 01:04:43,533 --> 01:04:46,166 That's what we need. 989 01:04:46,166 --> 01:04:49,200 And then, the shunt will grow. 990 01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:50,567 65% oxygenation. 991 01:04:50,567 --> 01:04:52,800 She's deteriorating so rapidly. 992 01:04:52,800 --> 01:04:55,266 How will you have time to practice the operation? 993 01:04:55,266 --> 01:04:56,400 We can't let up. 994 01:04:56,400 --> 01:04:58,500 What about the new stitching technique? 995 01:04:58,500 --> 01:05:00,934 We're trying it out tomorrow. 996 01:05:03,433 --> 01:05:05,600 Man: Hey, you have to see this. 997 01:05:05,600 --> 01:05:09,500 Vivien Thomas is operating assisted by the chief of surgery. 998 01:05:15,300 --> 01:05:18,033 Pull the inbound vein ostomosis. 999 01:05:18,033 --> 01:05:21,000 Long slow gentle arc. 1000 01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:23,934 I can't see. Can you see, Vivien? 1001 01:05:23,934 --> 01:05:25,200 Could you adjust that lamp? 1002 01:05:25,200 --> 01:05:28,800 Are the clamps still holding? 1003 01:05:28,800 --> 01:05:30,767 Yes. 1004 01:05:30,767 --> 01:05:33,233 No kinking? None. 1005 01:05:34,400 --> 01:05:36,400 All right, now for the tough part. 1006 01:05:36,400 --> 01:05:41,533 Continuous sutures on the back wall, 1007 01:05:41,533 --> 01:05:44,867 interrupted on the front. 1008 01:05:56,533 --> 01:05:59,533 Removing bulldog clamp... 1009 01:06:01,367 --> 01:06:04,900 Come on, girl. Come on, please. 1010 01:06:06,900 --> 01:06:09,300 That's it. A little bit more. A little bit more. 1011 01:06:09,300 --> 01:06:12,600 I can feel the flow to the lungs. 1012 01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:14,667 ( all murmur ) 1013 01:06:14,667 --> 01:06:18,500 Helen, tell the Saxons we'll be operating. 1014 01:06:18,500 --> 01:06:20,800 You betcha! 1015 01:06:22,333 --> 01:06:24,367 You'll be ready. 1016 01:06:24,367 --> 01:06:26,133 Yes. 1017 01:06:26,133 --> 01:06:29,333 Now that I've seen the master at work. 1018 01:06:29,333 --> 01:06:30,867 Master of the hounds. 1019 01:06:30,867 --> 01:06:32,734 Your daddy should be proud of you. 1020 01:06:32,734 --> 01:06:35,567 I think he is. 1021 01:06:35,567 --> 01:06:39,367 Mine was only proud of the fact that I could wiggle my ears. 1022 01:06:39,367 --> 01:06:41,867 I think he'll be proud when you operate. 1023 01:06:41,867 --> 01:06:44,033 He's dead. 1024 01:06:45,333 --> 01:06:47,600 The dead are with us all the time, I believe. 1025 01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:50,266 Can't separate the past from the future, 1026 01:06:50,266 --> 01:06:52,767 any more than you can your right arm from your left arm. 1027 01:06:52,767 --> 01:06:57,133 Ah, but you see, they are separated, 1028 01:06:57,133 --> 01:06:59,266 by this, by the heart. 1029 01:06:59,266 --> 01:07:01,567 Or connected. 1030 01:07:04,033 --> 01:07:05,567 Or connected. 1031 01:07:09,133 --> 01:07:11,667 "No... li... 1032 01:07:14,934 --> 01:07:18,133 tangare." Do not touch. 1033 01:07:18,133 --> 01:07:21,433 Do not touch the heart. 1034 01:07:22,767 --> 01:07:26,700 We are gonna challenge this ancient doctrinal myth 1035 01:07:26,700 --> 01:07:30,000 in this hospital. Who wants to attend? 1036 01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:35,433 Dr. Swedlin? 1037 01:07:36,900 --> 01:07:39,433 Dr. Filmore? 1038 01:07:44,633 --> 01:07:46,767 Dr. Cooley. 1039 01:07:48,500 --> 01:07:50,600 And Dr. Longmire. 1040 01:07:52,800 --> 01:07:55,500 Thank you. 1041 01:08:04,333 --> 01:08:07,367 Al, you're dangling your reputation off a cliff. 1042 01:08:07,367 --> 01:08:09,600 Calm down, Walter, this isn't grand opera. 1043 01:08:09,600 --> 01:08:13,567 Isn't a doctor's first tenet "do no harm"? 1044 01:08:13,567 --> 01:08:15,600 What are you saying? 1045 01:08:15,600 --> 01:08:18,400 Postpone the operation until you have more experience. 1046 01:08:18,400 --> 01:08:20,633 Postponing means signing that baby's death warrant. 1047 01:08:20,633 --> 01:08:22,166 I will not be the one to do that. 1048 01:08:22,166 --> 01:08:23,467 But they'll ruin you. 1049 01:08:23,467 --> 01:08:27,533 Walter, I'm operating tomorrow. 1050 01:08:27,533 --> 01:08:31,233 ( sighs ) Oh, Al. 1051 01:08:31,233 --> 01:08:33,900 You're rushing this. 1052 01:08:33,900 --> 01:08:36,900 'Cause you don't want to admit to those parents 1053 01:08:36,900 --> 01:08:39,000 that you spoke too soon. 1054 01:09:02,300 --> 01:09:04,100 You should come to bed. 1055 01:09:04,100 --> 01:09:05,900 I tried that. 1056 01:09:09,266 --> 01:09:11,567 Can I give you a ride to the hospital tomorrow? 1057 01:09:11,567 --> 01:09:14,367 Thanks. 1058 01:09:14,367 --> 01:09:18,033 I could use the lift. I don't trust myself behind the wheel. 1059 01:09:18,033 --> 01:09:22,100 Al, anybody would be nervous. 1060 01:09:22,100 --> 01:09:24,133 It's not that. 1061 01:09:28,133 --> 01:09:31,567 I was just thinking about a remark you made. 1062 01:09:31,567 --> 01:09:34,300 You said I used to be wild, 1063 01:09:34,300 --> 01:09:36,900 or just ambitious. 1064 01:09:39,333 --> 01:09:44,233 But I wonder if my ambition hasn't driven me wild. 1065 01:10:10,133 --> 01:10:11,333 ( chattering ) 1066 01:10:42,834 --> 01:10:46,867 Dr. Taussig. Professor. 1067 01:10:46,867 --> 01:10:49,934 I just wanted to wish good luck to everyone. 1068 01:10:49,934 --> 01:10:53,100 Taussig: Thank you, Vivien. Thanks, Vivien. 1069 01:11:05,266 --> 01:11:08,066 We're gonna block that baby's pulmonary artery 1070 01:11:08,066 --> 01:11:11,266 for 30 minutes. Oh. 1071 01:11:11,266 --> 01:11:13,867 As long as her blood pressure doesn't go below 60, 1072 01:11:13,867 --> 01:11:15,967 I think, she should be fine. 1073 01:11:15,967 --> 01:11:18,600 I don't think she can survive much lower than that. 1074 01:11:18,600 --> 01:11:20,066 Isn't that right, Dr. Harmel? 1075 01:11:20,066 --> 01:11:22,000 Not below 60, that's right, Doctor. 1076 01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:23,767 Dr. Blalock, they're ready. 1077 01:11:28,667 --> 01:11:30,800 Doctor. 1078 01:11:38,633 --> 01:11:40,800 Man: Coming in now. 1079 01:12:00,433 --> 01:12:02,567 ( murmuring ) 1080 01:12:05,066 --> 01:12:06,700 Dr. Longmire. 1081 01:12:09,200 --> 01:12:11,200 Man: What the hell is he doing? 1082 01:12:13,900 --> 01:12:15,867 What is going on? 1083 01:12:26,100 --> 01:12:29,900 They won't page him. Why not? 1084 01:12:29,900 --> 01:12:32,367 Something about hospital policy. 1085 01:12:34,200 --> 01:12:37,467 Page Vivien Thomas immediately. 1086 01:12:37,467 --> 01:12:39,600 Dr. Blalock, what's wrong? What's happened? 1087 01:12:39,600 --> 01:12:41,800 It's all right. I won't tell you again. Page him. 1088 01:12:41,800 --> 01:12:43,600 We're only allowed to page doctors. 1089 01:12:43,600 --> 01:12:47,000 Gimme that goddamn phone! 1090 01:12:47,000 --> 01:12:50,000 Vivien Thomas, paging Vivien Thomas. 1091 01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:52,266 You're wanted in OR. Right now. 1092 01:12:52,266 --> 01:12:56,500 Come on, run, do you hear? This is Blalock. 1093 01:12:56,500 --> 01:12:58,767 Thank you. Good luck. 1094 01:13:06,467 --> 01:13:07,900 Oh. Jesus. 1095 01:13:09,367 --> 01:13:12,633 About time. Scrub up. Scrub up? 1096 01:13:12,633 --> 01:13:14,266 You're coming in with me. 1097 01:13:14,266 --> 01:13:16,533 Would you find Mr. Thomas something to stand on? 1098 01:13:16,533 --> 01:13:18,734 What for, Doctor? 1099 01:13:18,734 --> 01:13:21,266 You're talking me through this. Now scrub up. 1100 01:13:33,200 --> 01:13:37,433 What's he doing? What the hell's that? 1101 01:13:37,433 --> 01:13:40,066 I'll see about this. 1102 01:13:40,066 --> 01:13:42,033 Should we say a prayer? 1103 01:13:42,033 --> 01:13:44,967 Forget it. He won't listen to me. 1104 01:13:44,967 --> 01:13:47,633 Dr. Blalock, a word. 1105 01:13:47,633 --> 01:13:50,133 You can resume your duties. These are his duties. 1106 01:13:53,767 --> 01:13:57,600 Can you see now? Yes, Doctor. 1107 01:13:59,867 --> 01:14:02,233 Okay, I think we're ready to start. 1108 01:14:04,734 --> 01:14:08,467 Okay. We're going in. 1109 01:14:15,233 --> 01:14:17,834 It's gonna be all right. 1110 01:14:17,834 --> 01:14:21,033 It'll be just fine. ( sobs ) 1111 01:14:21,033 --> 01:14:22,700 You'll be all right. 1112 01:14:25,133 --> 01:14:28,200 Incising the mediastinal pleura 1113 01:14:28,200 --> 01:14:31,100 from the main left pulmonary artery. 1114 01:14:31,100 --> 01:14:33,166 To the apex of the pleural space. 1115 01:14:33,166 --> 01:14:36,667 I'm dissecting the pulmonary artery. 1116 01:14:36,667 --> 01:14:39,000 Well back into the mediastinal. 1117 01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:40,533 This all right, Vivien? 1118 01:14:40,533 --> 01:14:42,166 That looks fine. 1119 01:14:43,500 --> 01:14:45,800 The right angle clamp. 1120 01:14:56,400 --> 01:14:57,834 ( sighs ) 1121 01:14:59,166 --> 01:15:01,000 Blalock: Okay, I think it's holding. 1122 01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:03,967 Are you able to deliver the left subclavian artery? 1123 01:15:03,967 --> 01:15:06,467 I believe so. Blood pressure? 1124 01:15:06,467 --> 01:15:08,633 70, falling. 1125 01:15:08,633 --> 01:15:11,834 Now do not move that light! 1126 01:15:16,734 --> 01:15:19,800 And now 1127 01:15:19,800 --> 01:15:23,266 I'm dividing the ar-- ooh! Careful! 1128 01:15:26,467 --> 01:15:28,266 Clamp it, clamp it! 1129 01:15:28,266 --> 01:15:30,734 I can't reach it, Doctor. 1130 01:15:30,734 --> 01:15:34,600 I got it. Hemorrhage controlled. 1131 01:15:34,600 --> 01:15:36,767 Can you see, Doctor? 1132 01:15:36,767 --> 01:15:39,633 Not really. 1133 01:15:39,633 --> 01:15:40,800 Nurse. 1134 01:15:49,667 --> 01:15:53,000 For goodness sake, can't you even see my ears? 1135 01:15:53,000 --> 01:15:55,400 Sorry, Doctor. 1136 01:15:55,400 --> 01:15:57,200 Blalock: The suture. 1137 01:16:09,900 --> 01:16:13,333 Blood pressure is 68. Yes yes, go on. 1138 01:16:13,333 --> 01:16:14,500 Watch the carotid. 1139 01:16:14,500 --> 01:16:17,734 Yes, traction on the suture. 1140 01:16:17,734 --> 01:16:20,300 Okay, now the clamp Vivien made. 1141 01:16:20,300 --> 01:16:22,066 What clamp? 1142 01:16:22,066 --> 01:16:25,467 The one just there. Right here, yes. 1143 01:16:26,934 --> 01:16:30,700 We're about to connect the shunt. 1144 01:16:30,700 --> 01:16:34,367 Blood pressure is 60. 1145 01:16:34,367 --> 01:16:35,667 No, 59. 1146 01:16:35,667 --> 01:16:37,600 I know. I'm almost there. 1147 01:16:46,266 --> 01:16:49,467 Now front interrupted. 1148 01:16:50,500 --> 01:16:52,333 Real good. That's good, Doctor. 1149 01:16:52,333 --> 01:16:54,567 That's good, just little more now. 1150 01:17:09,800 --> 01:17:11,767 Removing the bulldog clamp. 1151 01:17:14,734 --> 01:17:17,767 I see some bleeding right-- I know. I see it too. Suture. 1152 01:17:17,767 --> 01:17:20,000 Suture! 1153 01:17:26,867 --> 01:17:29,433 No no, Doctor, the other way. 1154 01:17:29,433 --> 01:17:32,033 Yes yes! 1155 01:17:32,033 --> 01:17:34,900 Good good, you got it now. 1156 01:17:38,300 --> 01:17:39,800 Bleeding controlled. 1157 01:17:39,800 --> 01:17:41,100 ( exhales ) 1158 01:17:41,100 --> 01:17:44,200 Blalock: I'm palpating the connection. 1159 01:17:45,533 --> 01:17:46,967 What do you feel? 1160 01:17:52,734 --> 01:17:56,000 I can't tell if blood is flowing through the shunt. 1161 01:17:56,000 --> 01:17:58,066 It's just too small to feel anything. 1162 01:17:58,066 --> 01:18:01,233 Dr. Blalock, you have to see this. 1163 01:18:14,100 --> 01:18:17,467 Oh-hh my God. 1164 01:18:17,467 --> 01:18:20,500 ( gasps ) Blalock: My God. 1165 01:18:22,433 --> 01:18:23,700 ( laughs ) 1166 01:18:23,700 --> 01:18:26,300 Her blood pressure is rising. 1167 01:18:27,800 --> 01:18:30,300 Evacuate the blood in the chest cavity, Bill. 1168 01:18:30,300 --> 01:18:32,200 Put in the chest tube. 1169 01:18:32,200 --> 01:18:35,433 Doctor: Are we inflating the left lung with oxygen? 1170 01:18:35,433 --> 01:18:38,767 Ready for closure. ( laughing ) 1171 01:18:48,767 --> 01:18:50,533 ( applause ) 1172 01:18:50,533 --> 01:18:53,667 Who'd have thought it possible-- heart surgery?! 1173 01:18:53,667 --> 01:18:56,066 And we did it right here at Johns Hopkins! 1174 01:18:58,667 --> 01:19:02,433 Thank you so much. Thank you so much. 1175 01:19:02,433 --> 01:19:06,500 Walter: It'll be taught in every school and hospital around the world! 1176 01:19:07,533 --> 01:19:09,934 We did it! We did it! 1177 01:19:13,333 --> 01:19:16,433 I knew you could do it. I knew you could... 1178 01:19:16,433 --> 01:19:17,567 ( man laughs ) 1179 01:19:17,567 --> 01:19:19,367 Man: Some operation, huh? 1180 01:19:19,367 --> 01:19:22,367 Man Amazing. That child's chances were so slim. 1181 01:19:22,367 --> 01:19:24,667 Took a hell of a surgeon to pull her through. 1182 01:19:24,667 --> 01:19:26,166 He was lucky to have that nigger in there with him. 1183 01:19:26,166 --> 01:19:28,867 Thomas sure saved his ass. 1184 01:19:28,867 --> 01:19:32,834 I'd like to see him try it without him. ( laughing ) 1185 01:19:42,100 --> 01:19:44,834 You did well in there, Vivien. 1186 01:19:44,834 --> 01:19:47,300 Thank you. 1187 01:19:51,834 --> 01:19:54,533 You performed an excellent surgery, Doctor. 1188 01:19:54,533 --> 01:19:56,767 Yes. 1189 01:19:58,800 --> 01:20:00,667 I think I did. 1190 01:20:05,533 --> 01:20:07,567 ( chuckling ) 1191 01:20:29,900 --> 01:20:31,867 ( shouting ) 1192 01:20:31,867 --> 01:20:34,066 Please, I understand, but this is a hospital. 1193 01:20:34,066 --> 01:20:36,000 Can you please keep your voices down? 1194 01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:39,033 I can understand how you all must feel, 1195 01:20:39,033 --> 01:20:41,567 but we have been overwhelmed with children 1196 01:20:41,567 --> 01:20:42,834 from all across the country, 1197 01:20:42,834 --> 01:20:44,000 and then there's just one doctor 1198 01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:45,367 to perform these operations. 1199 01:20:45,367 --> 01:20:48,100 So if you could just go to the administration office, 1200 01:20:48,100 --> 01:20:49,400 they'll be able to accommodate 1201 01:20:49,400 --> 01:20:51,633 all of you into Dr. Blalock's schedule, 1202 01:20:51,633 --> 01:20:53,967 as soon as possible, all right? 1203 01:20:53,967 --> 01:20:55,800 I'm terribly sorry. 1204 01:20:56,800 --> 01:21:00,700 Making the first incision. 1205 01:21:00,700 --> 01:21:02,900 ( speaking foreign language ) 1206 01:21:05,633 --> 01:21:08,000 Are you there, Vivien? Yes, I'm here. 1207 01:21:09,500 --> 01:21:13,266 Thank you for the opportunity to observe, Dr. Blalock. 1208 01:21:13,266 --> 01:21:14,734 It's an honor, Doctor. 1209 01:21:14,734 --> 01:21:16,900 Once again, excellent work, gentlemen. Thank you, Helen. 1210 01:21:16,900 --> 01:21:18,467 Now may I introduce my colleagues? 1211 01:21:18,467 --> 01:21:21,066 Dr. Helen Taussig, Vivien Thomas. 1212 01:21:21,066 --> 01:21:23,066 This is Dr. Craford from Stockholm, 1213 01:21:23,066 --> 01:21:26,467 and Dr. Petrovsky from Leningrad. 1214 01:21:26,467 --> 01:21:29,433 You have given surgeons around the world great courage with your deeds. 1215 01:21:29,433 --> 01:21:33,033 Coming from such an eminent surgeon as yourself, 1216 01:21:33,033 --> 01:21:34,800 that is a compliment indeed. 1217 01:21:34,800 --> 01:21:37,834 It's been a great pleasure to meet you, Dr. Taussig. 1218 01:21:37,834 --> 01:21:38,934 Oh, thank you. 1219 01:21:38,934 --> 01:21:39,900 Dr. Thomas. 1220 01:21:39,900 --> 01:21:42,834 Call me Mr. Thomas or Vivien. 1221 01:21:42,834 --> 01:21:45,033 You're not a doctor? 1222 01:21:45,033 --> 01:21:48,133 Oh no, I just work here with Dr. Blalock. 1223 01:21:48,133 --> 01:21:51,800 Can we please have all the doctors who participated 1224 01:21:51,800 --> 01:21:54,867 in the Blue Baby operation in this shot? 1225 01:21:54,867 --> 01:21:57,000 There's a young woman who hitch-hiked 1226 01:21:57,000 --> 01:21:59,000 from Appalachia with her son. 1227 01:21:59,000 --> 01:22:03,266 And I think his blood levels may be low enough to test. 1228 01:22:03,266 --> 01:22:05,700 Talk to Dr. Taussig about scheduling him in. 1229 01:22:05,700 --> 01:22:09,967 If you'd all turn and face the center, please, like Dr. Longmire. 1230 01:22:11,734 --> 01:22:14,166 Helen. Photographer: Very good. 1231 01:22:14,166 --> 01:22:16,967 Thank you. Now focus your attention here, please. 1232 01:22:18,433 --> 01:22:20,800 Smile, focus here. Hold that. 1233 01:22:20,800 --> 01:22:22,433 Good. 1234 01:22:22,433 --> 01:22:25,834 Now if we could have one of you alone, Dr. Blalock. 1235 01:22:29,800 --> 01:22:33,300 Very good, sir. Focus here if you would. 1236 01:22:33,300 --> 01:22:37,467 Here we go, Doctor. Look here. Thank you. 1237 01:22:37,467 --> 01:22:40,233 ( camera shutter clicks ) Thank you very much. 1238 01:22:50,567 --> 01:22:52,867 They're nice pictures, aren't they? 1239 01:22:52,867 --> 01:22:54,633 They always have nice pictures. 1240 01:22:54,633 --> 01:22:56,367 Just 'cause you're not in the news 1241 01:22:56,367 --> 01:22:58,567 doesn't mean you weren't there, Viv. 1242 01:23:07,066 --> 01:23:09,667 I'll-- I'll be back. 1243 01:23:46,133 --> 01:23:48,133 Man: A man who is a real pioneer. 1244 01:23:48,133 --> 01:23:52,233 A gambler who takes all the right risks, 1245 01:23:52,233 --> 01:23:56,000 who's rescued untold lives with his work in shock 1246 01:23:56,000 --> 01:23:58,433 and has gone on to challenge 1247 01:23:58,433 --> 01:24:00,900 the entire medical establishment 1248 01:24:00,900 --> 01:24:04,767 to reconsider an age-old taboo 1249 01:24:04,767 --> 01:24:08,367 in performing the world's first heart surgery. 1250 01:24:08,367 --> 01:24:12,133 Now without embarrassing myself, 1251 01:24:12,133 --> 01:24:14,900 I'd like to introduce a man who has 1252 01:24:14,900 --> 01:24:18,867 undeniably brought a dash of pink to the cheeks of others. 1253 01:24:18,867 --> 01:24:23,133 ( laughing ) Dr. Alfred Blalock. 1254 01:24:49,734 --> 01:24:53,400 Thank you. I am indeed honored. 1255 01:24:55,166 --> 01:24:57,500 And while I'm grateful 1256 01:24:57,500 --> 01:24:59,867 for the many gifts 1257 01:24:59,867 --> 01:25:03,533 that have been given to me in my life... 1258 01:25:04,800 --> 01:25:08,200 perhaps the greatest gift has been the support 1259 01:25:08,200 --> 01:25:12,400 of my colleagues over this last year. 1260 01:25:12,400 --> 01:25:15,233 My good friend Walter Dandy. 1261 01:25:16,567 --> 01:25:18,767 The wonderful brilliant colleagues 1262 01:25:18,767 --> 01:25:21,867 who assisted me in our operation, 1263 01:25:21,867 --> 01:25:24,233 Dr. Helen Taussig, 1264 01:25:24,233 --> 01:25:27,066 Dr. William Longmire, 1265 01:25:27,066 --> 01:25:29,300 Dr. Denton Cooley, 1266 01:25:29,300 --> 01:25:31,867 Dr. Mel Harmel. 1267 01:25:31,867 --> 01:25:36,400 I believe one group of people could not have 1268 01:25:36,400 --> 01:25:40,100 accomplished so much in so little time 1269 01:25:40,100 --> 01:25:44,367 without a strong unified effort 1270 01:25:44,367 --> 01:25:48,467 in the spirit of breaking new ground... 1271 01:25:48,467 --> 01:25:50,066 together. 1272 01:25:51,734 --> 01:25:54,066 To further the reach of medicine 1273 01:25:54,066 --> 01:25:57,900 is one that should be cherished 1274 01:25:57,900 --> 01:26:01,233 and never allowed to die. 1275 01:26:23,633 --> 01:26:27,166 What the hell is this? 1276 01:26:27,166 --> 01:26:30,133 I need to do something different. 1277 01:26:30,133 --> 01:26:31,800 What about our work? 1278 01:26:33,133 --> 01:26:36,867 You got all of those other people you were thanking. 1279 01:26:36,867 --> 01:26:39,266 What are you talking about? 1280 01:26:41,367 --> 01:26:43,533 The Belvedere Hotel. 1281 01:26:43,533 --> 01:26:46,834 The Belvedere is segregated. You were there? 1282 01:26:46,834 --> 01:26:48,934 Snuck in, 1283 01:26:48,934 --> 01:26:51,100 dressed like a bellhop. 1284 01:26:51,100 --> 01:26:52,800 Is that what this is all about, 1285 01:26:52,800 --> 01:26:54,567 hobnobbing with the powers-that-be? 1286 01:26:54,567 --> 01:26:56,734 Vivien, they will never let you into their club. 1287 01:26:56,734 --> 01:26:58,166 It is naive to think otherwise-- 1288 01:26:58,166 --> 01:27:00,300 Will you stand still?! 1289 01:27:02,266 --> 01:27:03,700 I'm not talking about them. 1290 01:27:03,700 --> 01:27:05,400 I'm not talking about Hopkins. 1291 01:27:05,400 --> 01:27:07,066 I'm talking about you. 1292 01:27:07,066 --> 01:27:08,567 Me? 1293 01:27:10,367 --> 01:27:13,100 What have I ever done except fight 1294 01:27:13,100 --> 01:27:15,333 in your corner? 1295 01:27:15,333 --> 01:27:19,233 I have taken you every step of the way with me 1296 01:27:19,233 --> 01:27:22,767 and now you wanna throw all that away, for what? 1297 01:27:22,767 --> 01:27:26,467 Is that any way to show your gratitude? 1298 01:27:26,467 --> 01:27:28,266 I don't know. You tell me, Doctor. 1299 01:27:28,266 --> 01:27:30,400 Vivien. 1300 01:27:30,400 --> 01:27:34,000 Take pride in the fact you have power in your mind 1301 01:27:34,000 --> 01:27:35,700 and in your heart. And in my hands. 1302 01:27:35,700 --> 01:27:38,166 Exactly, in your hands. 1303 01:27:41,367 --> 01:27:44,133 We made history together. 1304 01:27:45,633 --> 01:27:47,867 We changed the world. 1305 01:27:53,033 --> 01:27:55,567 The world... 1306 01:27:58,633 --> 01:28:01,367 I'm invisible to the world. 1307 01:28:01,367 --> 01:28:04,467 I don't mind that. I understand that. 1308 01:28:05,667 --> 01:28:07,734 I thought it was different in here. 1309 01:28:23,934 --> 01:28:23,967 Man: Mr. Thomas, I'm a little confused. 1310 01:28:25,667 --> 01:28:29,400 Now you want college credit from Morgan State, 1311 01:28:29,400 --> 01:28:31,400 without actually taking classes? 1312 01:28:31,400 --> 01:28:35,033 In certain courses. Yes, I'll take the test. 1313 01:28:35,033 --> 01:28:36,734 I'll take finals. 1314 01:28:36,734 --> 01:28:38,734 Chemistry, biochemistry, 1315 01:28:38,734 --> 01:28:41,500 science, physics. 1316 01:28:41,500 --> 01:28:44,066 So I can get the credit for material I already know. 1317 01:28:44,066 --> 01:28:47,033 I need to get through college a little more quickly, 1318 01:28:47,033 --> 01:28:49,567 so I can get on to med school. 1319 01:28:49,567 --> 01:28:51,700 And so you actually participated in 1320 01:28:51,700 --> 01:28:54,467 all this groundbreaking research, Mr. Thomas? 1321 01:28:54,467 --> 01:28:55,767 Yes yes, I did. 1322 01:28:55,767 --> 01:28:57,800 Yeah, well... 1323 01:28:57,800 --> 01:29:00,367 I'm afraid it just doesn't work like that. 1324 01:29:00,367 --> 01:29:03,166 You'll have to start with freshman English, 1325 01:29:03,166 --> 01:29:06,400 a social science, maybe... 1326 01:29:06,400 --> 01:29:09,166 I don't have time for that. 1327 01:29:09,166 --> 01:29:11,667 I'm 35 years old. 1328 01:29:13,600 --> 01:29:16,700 You're saying that I'd have to start at the beginning? 1329 01:29:16,700 --> 01:29:20,367 Well, yes, Mr. Thomas. 1330 01:29:20,367 --> 01:29:22,867 I'm afraid that is in fact what I'm saying. 1331 01:29:22,867 --> 01:29:26,233 I thought this institution provided opportunity for colored people? 1332 01:29:26,233 --> 01:29:30,133 I have a wife, two young daughters, son. 1333 01:29:30,133 --> 01:29:33,200 And I've been working in my field for over... 1334 01:29:33,200 --> 01:29:35,033 almost 15 years now. 1335 01:29:35,033 --> 01:29:38,867 I'm from Nashville. I came-- 1336 01:30:03,300 --> 01:30:05,800 Man: And what can I do for you? 1337 01:30:05,800 --> 01:30:07,867 My name is Vivien Thomas. 1338 01:30:07,867 --> 01:30:11,100 I work for the Ralph Wintham Company. 1339 01:30:11,100 --> 01:30:14,500 We have a line of pharmaceuticals, 1340 01:30:14,500 --> 01:30:16,033 particularly antacids. 1341 01:30:16,033 --> 01:30:19,033 We already have a supplier of antacids. 1342 01:30:19,033 --> 01:30:20,834 Yes, well, 1343 01:30:20,834 --> 01:30:24,166 these antacids block against gastroesophageal reflux 1344 01:30:24,166 --> 01:30:27,367 without any added side effect. Vivien Thomas. 1345 01:30:29,266 --> 01:30:31,133 The fellow with the blue babies? 1346 01:30:31,133 --> 01:30:34,200 A patient of mine works at the hospital, 1347 01:30:34,200 --> 01:30:35,467 told me about you. 1348 01:30:35,467 --> 01:30:38,867 Hopkins is doing well 1349 01:30:38,867 --> 01:30:40,567 because of what you did for them, 1350 01:30:40,567 --> 01:30:43,500 and here you are. 1351 01:30:43,500 --> 01:30:46,100 Well... 1352 01:30:46,100 --> 01:30:50,800 I don't have anything against the hospital. 1353 01:30:50,800 --> 01:30:54,266 I'm just working in medicine in a different way now. 1354 01:30:57,367 --> 01:31:00,000 Let's see what other lines you have. 1355 01:31:00,000 --> 01:31:04,100 Well, yes, we have effervescent powder here. 1356 01:31:09,867 --> 01:31:11,266 ( honks ) 1357 01:31:12,433 --> 01:31:13,667 Oh! 1358 01:31:13,667 --> 01:31:17,000 Will you look who's here?! 1359 01:31:17,000 --> 01:31:21,233 Hello, hello! Clara: Come on, baby, say hi to grandma. 1360 01:31:21,233 --> 01:31:23,233 Oh, my bab-- 1361 01:31:23,233 --> 01:31:25,734 oh, my goodness! 1362 01:31:25,734 --> 01:31:28,367 How you doing? How you doing, sweetheart? 1363 01:31:28,367 --> 01:31:32,233 Look at him. Look at him. 1364 01:31:32,233 --> 01:31:34,133 ( shouts ) 1365 01:31:34,133 --> 01:31:35,667 Stop all that running. 1366 01:31:35,667 --> 01:31:37,000 Go upstairs and wash your hands, 1367 01:31:37,000 --> 01:31:38,433 and bring your little sister back down with you. 1368 01:31:38,433 --> 01:31:40,767 And be careful on them steps. 1369 01:31:40,767 --> 01:31:42,700 Well, what about construction? 1370 01:31:42,700 --> 01:31:45,667 Father: I keep asking him-- Thomas and Thomas. 1371 01:31:45,667 --> 01:31:48,333 With the building boom, we could clean up. 1372 01:31:48,333 --> 01:31:51,700 Now he know I can't saw a plank worth a damn. That's the truth. 1373 01:31:51,700 --> 01:31:54,133 Yeah, Dad, I did see that mailbox leans 1374 01:31:54,133 --> 01:31:57,200 to the side a little bit. ( laughing ) 1375 01:31:57,200 --> 01:31:59,533 I still don't understand why you quit teaching in the first place. 1376 01:31:59,533 --> 01:32:01,834 I never really liked the classroom that much, Clara. 1377 01:32:01,834 --> 01:32:03,467 Too many kids. 1378 01:32:03,467 --> 01:32:05,900 But you fought all those years, and you won the case, so... 1379 01:32:05,900 --> 01:32:07,667 Exactly. 1380 01:32:07,667 --> 01:32:11,166 And quitting now means you've just wasted a whole lot of time. 1381 01:32:11,166 --> 01:32:12,667 No no, I... 1382 01:32:12,667 --> 01:32:14,700 Well, I don't think it's a waste of time. 1383 01:32:14,700 --> 01:32:17,500 If Harold wasn't down there doing what he was doing, 1384 01:32:17,500 --> 01:32:21,000 there would still be a lot of colored teachers down there getting cheated. 1385 01:32:21,000 --> 01:32:22,967 I think they ought to name the school after him. 1386 01:32:22,967 --> 01:32:25,934 ( scoffs ) Yeah, Harold Thomas High. 1387 01:32:25,934 --> 01:32:27,033 Mm-hmm. Harold Thomas High. 1388 01:32:27,033 --> 01:32:29,633 Hear hear. Naw. 1389 01:32:29,633 --> 01:32:32,667 Most of these young teachers, they don't know anything about that strike. 1390 01:32:32,667 --> 01:32:36,133 They just take their equal paycheck for granted. Harold, you're full of excuses. 1391 01:32:36,133 --> 01:32:38,500 There's ain't no point in you waiting for the world to thank you, Harold. 1392 01:32:38,500 --> 01:32:41,433 That bus ain't never gonna come. Mother: Amen to that. 1393 01:32:41,433 --> 01:32:43,433 Harold: I'm not waiting, Pop. 1394 01:32:43,433 --> 01:32:45,600 I'm just looking for something that excites me 1395 01:32:45,600 --> 01:32:48,667 as much as hammering nails pleases you. 1396 01:32:56,200 --> 01:32:59,100 Hey, Viv, "Jeopardy" is on. 1397 01:32:59,100 --> 01:33:01,400 I'll be in in a minute. 1398 01:33:04,633 --> 01:33:06,100 You okay? 1399 01:33:07,000 --> 01:33:08,967 I'm fine. 1400 01:33:08,967 --> 01:33:10,667 Stomach's bothering me a little bit, 1401 01:33:10,667 --> 01:33:12,133 but I'm fine. 1402 01:33:12,133 --> 01:33:13,800 Why don't you take one of them fancy antacid pills 1403 01:33:13,800 --> 01:33:15,700 you always brag about? 1404 01:33:18,734 --> 01:33:20,000 It's your brother? 1405 01:33:22,867 --> 01:33:24,500 I miss him. 1406 01:33:24,500 --> 01:33:26,433 I miss the old Harold. 1407 01:33:26,433 --> 01:33:29,567 He seems a little lost now. 1408 01:33:29,567 --> 01:33:32,467 I miss you. 1409 01:33:34,467 --> 01:33:37,700 Still got my mind in that lab. 1410 01:33:39,000 --> 01:33:42,400 It's not just your mind, Viv. It's your heart too. 1411 01:33:42,400 --> 01:33:45,467 I don't know what I'm supposed to do, Clara. 1412 01:33:46,934 --> 01:33:49,333 I think I've embarrassed myself enough. 1413 01:33:49,333 --> 01:33:53,000 I can't go back in there with my tail between my legs. 1414 01:33:53,000 --> 01:33:55,467 It's where you belong, Vivien Thomas. 1415 01:33:55,467 --> 01:33:58,266 So how you walk back on in there, well... 1416 01:33:58,266 --> 01:33:59,967 that's up to you. 1417 01:34:02,166 --> 01:34:04,734 ( knocking ) Dr. Blalock: Yes. 1418 01:34:08,400 --> 01:34:09,700 Vivien. 1419 01:34:09,700 --> 01:34:11,700 Doctor. 1420 01:34:11,700 --> 01:34:14,300 Good morning. 1421 01:34:23,667 --> 01:34:26,066 How was your trip to Europe? 1422 01:34:28,367 --> 01:34:31,066 Well, it was very gratifying. 1423 01:34:31,066 --> 01:34:34,633 The entire world seems to have stood on its feet 1424 01:34:34,633 --> 01:34:37,700 for this moment in time. 1425 01:34:39,500 --> 01:34:42,367 What can I do for you, Vivien? 1426 01:34:42,367 --> 01:34:44,500 I've made a mistake, 1427 01:34:44,500 --> 01:34:48,066 and I would like 1428 01:34:48,066 --> 01:34:49,867 my old position back. 1429 01:34:49,867 --> 01:34:53,667 Well, and how's it gonna be any different? 1430 01:34:54,900 --> 01:35:00,000 I'm still the same self-righteous bastard. 1431 01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:02,266 It's not about you. 1432 01:35:03,767 --> 01:35:06,567 It's about the work. 1433 01:35:10,100 --> 01:35:13,000 I like the work. 1434 01:35:15,233 --> 01:35:17,533 ♪ God knows when, but you're doing it again ♪ 1435 01:35:17,533 --> 01:35:19,233 ♪ You better duck down the alleyway ♪ 1436 01:35:19,233 --> 01:35:20,467 ♪ Looking for a new friend ♪ 1437 01:35:20,467 --> 01:35:22,667 ♪ The man in the coonskin cap in a pig pen ♪ 1438 01:35:22,667 --> 01:35:26,867 ♪ Wants 11 dollar bills, but you only got 10 ♪ 1439 01:35:31,333 --> 01:35:34,100 ♪ Maggie comes fleet foot, face full of black soot ♪ 1440 01:35:34,100 --> 01:35:36,533 ♪ Talking that the heat put plants in the bed ♪ 1441 01:35:36,533 --> 01:35:39,533 ♪ But the phone's tapped anyway, Maggie says that many say ♪ 1442 01:35:39,533 --> 01:35:42,567 ♪ They must bust in early May, orders from the DA ♪ 1443 01:35:42,567 --> 01:35:45,033 ♪ Look out, kid, don't matter what you did ♪ 1444 01:35:45,033 --> 01:35:48,033 ♪ Walk on your tiptoes, don't tie no bows ♪ 1445 01:35:48,033 --> 01:35:50,900 ♪ Better stay away from those that carry around a fire hose ♪ 1446 01:35:50,900 --> 01:35:53,200 ♪ Keep a clean nose and watch the plainclothes ♪ 1447 01:35:53,200 --> 01:35:56,934 ♪ You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows ♪ 1448 01:36:01,567 --> 01:36:04,600 ♪ Ah, get sick, get well, hang around the ink well ♪ 1449 01:36:04,600 --> 01:36:07,433 ♪ Hang a bell, hard to tell if anything is going to sell ♪ 1450 01:36:07,433 --> 01:36:10,800 ♪ Try hard, get barred, get back, write Braille... ♪ 1451 01:36:16,266 --> 01:36:18,934 Man: Mr. Thomas, we've got an animal going into shock here, 1452 01:36:18,934 --> 01:36:20,700 What do we do, sir? 1453 01:36:20,700 --> 01:36:22,367 Did you try clamping off 1454 01:36:22,367 --> 01:36:26,333 the lateral part of the atrium? You got 'em. All right. 1455 01:36:26,333 --> 01:36:28,800 Hold it right there. Okay. Yeah. 1456 01:36:28,800 --> 01:36:32,533 Good. Okay. ( chuckling ) 1457 01:36:32,533 --> 01:36:35,667 Look there. You handled yourself well there, Doctor. 1458 01:36:35,667 --> 01:36:37,633 That's good. Thank you. 1459 01:36:40,734 --> 01:36:42,233 This is-- 1460 01:36:42,233 --> 01:36:44,734 There was a message for you, Mr. Thomas. 1461 01:36:44,734 --> 01:36:46,734 Dr. Blalock wanted to see you. 1462 01:36:46,734 --> 01:36:48,867 I'm sorry. Would you tell him I'll see him-- 1463 01:36:48,867 --> 01:36:51,200 He's about to leave for the day. 1464 01:36:52,200 --> 01:36:55,000 Honey, I have to call you back. 1465 01:36:55,000 --> 01:36:57,400 Okay. 1466 01:37:04,367 --> 01:37:06,300 How's your girls? 1467 01:37:06,300 --> 01:37:08,900 Oh, they're fine. They're doing well. 1468 01:37:08,900 --> 01:37:10,834 Theo's in Morgan State now. 1469 01:37:10,834 --> 01:37:15,567 Oh, that must feel good. Yes. Yes. 1470 01:37:16,467 --> 01:37:18,867 How are things with you? 1471 01:37:18,867 --> 01:37:23,433 Well, you know, 1472 01:37:23,433 --> 01:37:25,533 I've had the unfortunate experience of being 1473 01:37:25,533 --> 01:37:28,633 put in the hands of surgeons. Hmm. 1474 01:37:28,633 --> 01:37:30,266 ( elevator bell dings ) 1475 01:37:36,867 --> 01:37:39,467 You have something on your mind, Doctor? 1476 01:37:39,467 --> 01:37:42,934 Yes, Columbia's been dangling an offer to teach. 1477 01:37:42,934 --> 01:37:44,867 But I wanted to talk to you first. 1478 01:37:44,867 --> 01:37:48,567 I really would like you to come with me, Vivien. They know about your work. 1479 01:37:48,567 --> 01:37:52,066 You could write your own ticket. 1480 01:37:52,066 --> 01:37:55,800 It's hard to imagine being there without you. 1481 01:37:58,900 --> 01:38:02,000 Well, I thank you for thinking of me, Doctor. 1482 01:38:03,066 --> 01:38:05,033 But I think I should stay here. 1483 01:38:07,266 --> 01:38:08,934 We could do great things there. 1484 01:38:08,934 --> 01:38:11,133 Wouldn't it be fun to do it one more time? 1485 01:38:11,133 --> 01:38:13,834 One more time. 1486 01:38:13,834 --> 01:38:16,867 Hmm. 1487 01:38:16,867 --> 01:38:19,467 I like what I'm doing. 1488 01:38:19,467 --> 01:38:22,133 Teaching, helping people along. 1489 01:38:22,133 --> 01:38:25,166 Working with the young doctors. 1490 01:38:25,166 --> 01:38:26,800 I like it here at Hopkins. 1491 01:38:26,800 --> 01:38:29,367 Yeah, I... 1492 01:38:29,367 --> 01:38:32,633 I guess you got your own things going on here now. 1493 01:38:32,633 --> 01:38:34,934 I recognize this man. 1494 01:38:34,934 --> 01:38:37,600 That man looks very distinguished up there. 1495 01:38:37,600 --> 01:38:39,867 Well, thank you, Vivien. 1496 01:38:39,867 --> 01:38:41,934 That was a while ago. Yeah. 1497 01:38:41,934 --> 01:38:44,000 I'm feeling the years now. 1498 01:38:44,000 --> 01:38:47,166 Hmm, yes yes. 1499 01:38:47,166 --> 01:38:49,834 We all are now. 1500 01:38:55,500 --> 01:38:57,266 You know, Vivien... 1501 01:38:59,500 --> 01:39:03,967 they say you haven't really lived 1502 01:39:03,967 --> 01:39:07,133 unless you have a lot to regret. 1503 01:39:10,166 --> 01:39:12,700 I regret... 1504 01:39:17,467 --> 01:39:19,834 I have some regrets. 1505 01:39:28,700 --> 01:39:31,767 But I think we should remember not what we lost... 1506 01:39:33,667 --> 01:39:36,166 but what we've done. 1507 01:39:37,934 --> 01:39:40,934 All the lives we saved and we did. 1508 01:39:43,166 --> 01:39:45,633 We saved plenty, didn't we, Vivien? 1509 01:39:45,633 --> 01:39:48,367 Yes, we did. 1510 01:39:48,367 --> 01:39:50,734 Yes, we did. 1511 01:39:54,700 --> 01:39:56,100 No. 1512 01:40:12,533 --> 01:40:15,000 Vivien, it's Helen. 1513 01:40:15,000 --> 01:40:18,800 I'm sorry to tell you that 1514 01:40:18,800 --> 01:40:21,000 Dr. Blalock passed away in his sleep last night. 1515 01:40:21,000 --> 01:40:23,967 We see death every day. 1516 01:40:23,967 --> 01:40:27,533 It doesn't make it any easier, does it? 1517 01:40:27,533 --> 01:40:30,367 I'm very sorry. 1518 01:40:55,133 --> 01:40:56,667 Today, we honor someone 1519 01:40:56,667 --> 01:40:59,667 who never took a course in medical school, 1520 01:40:59,667 --> 01:41:01,467 and still 1521 01:41:01,467 --> 01:41:04,533 became one of our greatest teachers of medicine. 1522 01:41:04,533 --> 01:41:08,200 This individual helped change the way we understand 1523 01:41:08,200 --> 01:41:12,133 how the human heart works forever. 1524 01:41:12,133 --> 01:41:16,200 And now I'm honored to read, 1525 01:41:16,200 --> 01:41:20,600 "The Board of Regents of this, the Johns Hopkins University, 1526 01:41:20,600 --> 01:41:24,700 in consideration of an innovative scientist, 1527 01:41:24,700 --> 01:41:27,367 an outstanding teacher, 1528 01:41:27,367 --> 01:41:30,367 and a skilled clinical technician, 1529 01:41:30,367 --> 01:41:32,100 has this day awarded 1530 01:41:32,100 --> 01:41:34,333 this honorary doctorate 1531 01:41:34,333 --> 01:41:37,433 to Mr. Vivien Thomas." 1532 01:41:56,567 --> 01:41:59,900 Congratulations, Dr. Thomas. 1533 01:42:17,333 --> 01:42:19,800 Thank you, Dr. Taussig. 1534 01:42:22,467 --> 01:42:26,033 I'm not accustomed to being in the limelight. 1535 01:42:27,200 --> 01:42:29,900 So being placed in the position 1536 01:42:29,900 --> 01:42:32,467 I find myself in now 1537 01:42:32,467 --> 01:42:36,033 makes me quite humble 1538 01:42:36,033 --> 01:42:38,400 and a little proud. 1539 01:42:39,467 --> 01:42:42,600 When I put my hammer and saw down 1540 01:42:42,600 --> 01:42:45,700 40 years ago 1541 01:42:45,700 --> 01:42:48,133 and was offered an opportunity 1542 01:42:48,133 --> 01:42:51,033 to work with a young surgeon, 1543 01:42:51,033 --> 01:42:54,633 I had no idea 1544 01:42:54,633 --> 01:42:56,800 that I'd be able to make a mark 1545 01:42:56,800 --> 01:42:59,367 on an institution as prestigious as this one. 1546 01:42:59,367 --> 01:43:02,000 I had no idea that I... 1547 01:43:02,000 --> 01:43:05,000 would have any contribution 1548 01:43:05,000 --> 01:43:08,934 to make to medicine that would merit 1549 01:43:08,934 --> 01:43:12,367 this type of recognition. 1550 01:43:16,667 --> 01:43:18,700 I simply say thank you 1551 01:43:18,700 --> 01:43:21,400 to all of my family, 1552 01:43:21,400 --> 01:43:24,967 and all of my friends who are here, 1553 01:43:24,967 --> 01:43:27,567 and to all of my friends 1554 01:43:27,567 --> 01:43:30,734 who could not be here. 1555 01:43:30,734 --> 01:43:34,300 I thank you very much. Thank you. 1556 01:43:44,934 --> 01:43:47,033 This is also a special occasion 1557 01:43:47,033 --> 01:43:50,834 to mark the unveiling of your likeness, Vivien. 1558 01:43:50,834 --> 01:43:52,934 ♪ ♪ 1559 01:43:55,066 --> 01:43:58,533 ( applause ) 1560 01:44:23,166 --> 01:44:26,266 ♪ ♪ 1561 01:45:20,233 --> 01:45:21,734 Woman over P.A.: Paging Dr. Thomas. 1562 01:45:21,734 --> 01:45:24,500 Dr. Vivien Thomas to the boardroom, please. 1563 01:45:24,500 --> 01:45:26,266 Dr. Thomas. 1564 01:45:26,266 --> 01:45:28,767 ♪ ♪ 1565 01:45:47,367 --> 01:45:50,200 ♪ ♪ 1566 01:46:36,266 --> 01:46:38,834 ♪ ♪