Something the Lord Made Page #5

-That don't make any difference.

-Do you know who l am?

-No, sir.

Dr. Blalock, Chief Surgical Professor.

l'm sorry, Dr. Blalock, but that's the rules.

l'll meet you in the labs, Vivien.

Hey, you need to punch in first.

Thank you.

l can see we've arrived.

When was the last time

they used this place?

Have someone clean it up

before they put the equipment in.

l'll meet you in an hour

at the Harriet Lane wards.

Let's see if there's anything

in this idea of Dr. Taussig's.

Excuse me?

Good morning.

Where do you think l could find someone

to help us clean up the lab, Doctor?

-Who do you think you're talking to?

-l'm not sure.

l'm Vivien Thomas,

l work for Dr. Blalock, running this lab.

l'm Dr. Edgar V. Hecker...

Director of Laboratories.

l'd like some coffee and a doughnut.

Doctor.

There must be a mix-up.

Listen, l don't stand for insolence.

We'll see about this.

-You know, Doctor, there aren't many--

-What?

You'll have to speak up,

l can't hear too well in this ear.

You're one of the few women doctors

l've seen here.

At least they let me in

through the front door.

This is where we keep

some of the older kids.

Doctor, why do they squat like that?

A little boy told me

that it helps him breathe better.

lt cuts off the blood to the legs,

pushes it up into the lungs.

They both look very cyanotic.

Here he is now.

-Dr. Blalock. Welcome.

-Helen, sorry.

Here is the Saxon baby

l was telling you about last night.

Thank you.

She usually smiles

when someone does that.

Hello, Mrs. Saxon.

-What is that thing?

-lt's an oximeter.

Reads how much oxygen

there is in the blood.

She looks cold in there. But l can't hold her.

They say it isn't good for her.

l'm not even supposed to let her cry.

How do you keep a baby from crying?

Especially if you can't hold her.

You can see the change

in the shape and the size of the vessels...

as these hearts grow larger.

l did necroscopies

on some of my patients' hearts.

To study the malformations in detail.

lt's amazing they could live at all

with hearts like these.

Dr. Gross at Harvard

said only God could correct...

a narrowing indentation

of the left side of the aortic arch.

Perhaps that statement says

more about Harvard than it does about God.

That baby back there, how long?

Six months. A year at the very most.

-That's not right.

-Are you going to take this on, Doctor?

l want to see all your diagnostic notes.

l'll get them right away.

Thank you.

Put away the books, Vivien.

Let's not waste any more time

on theoretical crap.

Let's start with experiments.

Four separate defects of the heart

working in combination.

The pulmonary artery is constricted...

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