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Thank you.

2
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All right, everybody, that's it for the day.

3
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Be sure you get that drop cloth up
before you leave, all right?

4
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-That's some nice work, young blood.
-Thank you, Mr. Roulette.

5
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Yeah, your daddy taught you right.

6
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You know, when all the construction
starts coming back...

7
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you got skills
to make something of yourself.

8
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Thank you, sir.

9
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That's fine. l can wait until payday.

10
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l'm sorry, all the others
have families to feed...

11
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but you do good work.

12
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-l like what you do, okay?
-Okay.

13
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You got a funny way of telling me that.

14
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Morning.

15
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-Didn't l tell you l could pull some strings?
-Yes, you did, Charlie.

16
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-Thank you, you're a good man.
-Yeah.

17
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But tell me why.... Morning.

18
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Why would a doctor
want to hire a carpenter?

19
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Because it ain't nothing
but scud work anyway.

20
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You ain't gonna like it.

21
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-You say the pay is $12 a week?
-Yeah.

22
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-l'm liking it already.
-All right, then.

23
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Dr. Blalock, this is Vivien Thomas.

24
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Vivien? That's a girl's name.

25
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Yes, my mother was so sure
she was having a girl...

26
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that she picked the name early, and kept it.

27
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You don't say.

28
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l'm pleased to meet you, sir.

29
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Call me Doctor, and, Francis,
you can tell this good doctor...

30
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that his theories are extremely interesting,
and l'll be praying for him.

31
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Yes, Doctor.

32
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Though it's his patients
l should be praying for.

33
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Keep up, son.

34
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-This is where my work is done.
-What is your work?

35
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Medical research.

36
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We push the limits of surgery...

37
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using stray dogs
we get from the local dog catch.

38
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They're darling, but don't get too attached.

39
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They're a means to a great end.

40
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The dog pens get cleaned up twice a day.

41
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l need the lab swept every morning.

42
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Simple tasks, but they proved
beyond the abilities of your predecessors.

43
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Do you think you can handle it?

44
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-So?
-So what?

45
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Don't ''so what'' me. Did you get it?

46
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You got it. You must have got it.

47
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-lt's working at a hospital, right?
-Yeah.

48
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l'm so glad.
Everyone's gonna see how smart you are.

49
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l don't know
how smart you have to be to shovel.

50
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The guy l'm working for,
he seemed kind of eccentric...

51
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but he is a doctor, yeah.

52
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That's right, he is a doctor.
So you just keep your eyes open.

53
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-We can get married now.
-Yeah.

54
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Do everything just like we laid it out.

55
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Doctor...

56
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and Mrs. Thomas.

57
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-Vivien.
-Good morning, sir.

58
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-You said you were a carpenter?
-Yes.

59
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-Did you go to high school?
-Yes, l did. Got my diploma.

60
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Planning on going to Tennessee State
next year...

61
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to study medicine, be a doctor.

62
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Unusual ambition for a carpenter.

63
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l always wanted to be one since l was a kid.

64
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l almost saved up enough money
for college...

65
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and then slowdown hit.

66
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Those are Van Slyke
gas manometers over there.

67
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So you can handle a saw?

68
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-Yeah, since l was 12.
-Do tell.

69
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For cutting the lines, my father
would measure on the lumber, sir.

70
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Call me Doctor.
So your daddy's a carpenter, too?

71
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-What does he think of your ambition?
-He's always known l had my mind set on it.

72
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Those apparatus on the workbench,
what are they called?

73
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Van Slyke gas manometers, sir, Doctor.

74
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They are, indeed.

75
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Vanderbilt may be a Podunk institution,
but l'm gonna put it on the medical map.

76
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l'm working on traumatic shock.

77
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Damn thing kills thousands of people
every year...

78
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and doctors don't know
what the hell to do about it.

79
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Let me see those hands.

80
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Pick that up.

81
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Now the left hand.

82
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Good.

83
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Excuse me, Vivien.
Dr. Blalock wanted you to have this.

84
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-Thank you.
-Good night.

85
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You know what my grandfather did?

86
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lt doesn't have anything to do
with me going out on strike.

87
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l said, ''Do you know
what my grandfather did?''

88
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Yes.

89
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He picked cotton in Mississippi,
you told me a hundred times.

90
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My grandfather was a piece of property.

91
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No better than that chair or table over there.

92
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His son became a free man at the age of 15.

93
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He raised me
with hardly an elementary school education.

94
00:11:09,628 --> 00:11:13,498
Now l see my son graduate college
and go on to teach school.

95
00:11:13,608 --> 00:11:16,968
So don't tell me
things don't get better over time.

96
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Things don't just get better.

97
00:11:18,838 --> 00:11:21,608
People got to change things, Pop,
make them better.

98
00:11:21,708 --> 00:11:23,868
lf l don't do something now,
l'll be a dead man...

99
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before l get paid like white teachers do.

100
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Vivien, you know l'm right about this.

101
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All right, now, Harold, just hold your head.
l got reading to do.

102
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To anesthetize Brutus,
first we have to calculate the weight.

103
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He weighs 18.4 kilograms.

104
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And it should take
552 milligrams of sodium barbital...

105
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to anesthetize him for three hours
if the absorption rate is uniform.

106
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Dogs? What kind of doctor is he?

107
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Dogs? What kind of doctor is he?

108
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When you practice on dogs,
and then you can help heal people.

109
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-Gives me the willies.
-lt's not that bad.

110
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l mean, you look inside,
you see all the colors...

111
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all the pinks and blues, reds.

112
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lt's beautiful, Clara.
That's where life comes from.

113
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What's this?

114
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What's this?

115
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Open up.

116
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Excuse me, sir. What's going on here?

117
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The bank is closed.

118
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-Closed?
-Yup.

119
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Open up.

120
00:12:28,608 --> 00:12:31,908
-Open this door!
-Somebody got to see somebody in there.

121
00:12:32,018 --> 00:12:36,248
Open up, it's 10:00. l got to get to work.

122
00:12:36,348 --> 00:12:38,518
Let's go, Vivien, we'll come back later.

123
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No, Clara, something's wrong.
lt can't be closed.

124
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Excuse me.

125
00:12:45,298 --> 00:12:47,318
Excuse me, sir. Hello.

126
00:12:51,068 --> 00:12:53,038
Get away from that window, we're closed.

127
00:12:53,138 --> 00:12:54,968
But l have my money in there.

128
00:12:55,068 --> 00:12:58,368
-l need to get my money out.
-l can't get your money back for you.

129
00:12:58,608 --> 00:13:02,668
-Why not? Tell me why not.
-Go on home, son. The bank has failed.

130
00:13:03,278 --> 00:13:06,378
Sir, that's all my savings.

131
00:13:06,478 --> 00:13:09,918
l had my money for school in there.
They got my money in there.

132
00:13:10,118 --> 00:13:13,418
-Sir, that's my money for college.
-Your money's gone.

133
00:13:13,528 --> 00:13:14,918
Gone?

134
00:13:15,358 --> 00:13:19,688
-But what are they talking about?
-They talking about, it's gone, Ma.

135
00:13:19,798 --> 00:13:22,388
We'll all just have to start over.

136
00:13:22,998 --> 00:13:26,698
-Can't fight it now, it's done.
-lt just feels so wrong.

137
00:13:28,538 --> 00:13:30,798
Took me seven years to save that money.

138
00:13:30,908 --> 00:13:33,378
You're not the only one
who had money in that bank.

139
00:13:33,478 --> 00:13:35,138
lt's done, it's over with!

140
00:13:37,218 --> 00:13:38,908
We still got each other, Viv.

141
00:13:39,018 --> 00:13:40,748
Yeah, we got each other.

142
00:13:42,588 --> 00:13:45,278
That's all poor people ever have
is each other.

143
00:14:03,008 --> 00:14:05,528
There's no cut down the cannula,
the femoral vein.

144
00:14:05,638 --> 00:14:07,078
l showed you how to do it.

145
00:14:07,178 --> 00:14:11,808
l figured out a way
to give it barbital intravenously.

146
00:14:12,118 --> 00:14:15,018
-Where you putting it?
-ln the forepaw.

147
00:14:17,318 --> 00:14:18,848
The manometer.

148
00:14:20,288 --> 00:14:22,088
lt's all set up, Doctor.

149
00:14:25,798 --> 00:14:27,028
Good.

150
00:14:30,098 --> 00:14:33,498
-You can begin the incision.
-l'm not ready for that.

151
00:14:33,608 --> 00:14:35,798
l say you're ready, you're ready.

152
00:14:39,308 --> 00:14:42,638
l'll mark out the line. And you cut along it.

153
00:14:44,078 --> 00:14:46,308
Just like you did for your old daddy.

154
00:14:53,418 --> 00:14:54,478
Like this?

155
00:14:54,828 --> 00:14:57,258
Just like that. Keep your hand taut.

156
00:14:58,458 --> 00:15:00,758
Why are we making the incision here?

157
00:15:02,368 --> 00:15:07,238
-To gain access to the pulmonary artery.
-And how will we find it, Vivien?

158
00:15:07,568 --> 00:15:11,568
lt's the artery leading to the lungs
from the right side of the heart.

159
00:15:13,538 --> 00:15:14,668
Not bad.

160
00:15:16,908 --> 00:15:18,398
Now the rib spreader.

161
00:15:22,118 --> 00:15:26,108
And why are we gonna damage
poor Brutus' greater vessels?

162
00:15:26,488 --> 00:15:29,118
To induce traumatic shock, to study it.

163
00:15:34,868 --> 00:15:37,158
Watch this manometer.

164
00:15:38,668 --> 00:15:42,468
And imagine that Brutus
is a 16-year-old boy...

165
00:15:42,568 --> 00:15:45,168
just fell out of a tree saving his mom's cat.

166
00:15:47,108 --> 00:15:49,768
He's broken four ribs, he's concussed.

167
00:15:51,248 --> 00:15:53,078
Dad's rushed him to ER.

168
00:15:53,178 --> 00:15:56,208
But he's gone into shock.
His blood pressure's way down.

169
00:15:56,318 --> 00:15:58,408
His vital signs almost nonexistent.

170
00:15:59,958 --> 00:16:02,048
Can we save him?

171
00:16:03,928 --> 00:16:06,288
Not if l use present methods of treatment.

172
00:16:06,398 --> 00:16:09,558
See, conventional wisdom says
l should constrict the vessels.

173
00:16:09,668 --> 00:16:13,468
l beg to differ. Let's break their rules.

174
00:16:13,868 --> 00:16:15,028
Use my rules.

175
00:16:17,278 --> 00:16:18,938
Body needs blood.

176
00:16:20,708 --> 00:16:22,478
Let's give it some.

177
00:16:31,788 --> 00:16:33,648
How's that gauge?

178
00:16:37,698 --> 00:16:39,128
Still falling.

179
00:16:42,998 --> 00:16:46,398
Maybe the experts are right.
Maybe l'm wrong.

180
00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:53,238
Maybe l'll kill this boy
and break his mother's heart.

181
00:16:57,118 --> 00:16:58,478
lt's rising.

182
00:17:02,018 --> 00:17:04,278
That's life coming back.

183
00:17:04,958 --> 00:17:08,188
-How's that make you feel?
-Good.

184
00:17:11,058 --> 00:17:12,618
Very good, Doctor.

185
00:17:14,068 --> 00:17:16,468
Let's look at the record of our work.

186
00:17:23,208 --> 00:17:26,438
-Where's the smoke drum?
-l'm sorry?

187
00:17:27,308 --> 00:17:30,248
The smoke drums.

188
00:17:32,048 --> 00:17:36,178
-You didn't set the smoke drums?
-What is a smoke drum?

189
00:17:38,988 --> 00:17:43,148
That's a smoke drum.
What the fuck is wrong with you?

190
00:17:43,328 --> 00:17:47,088
l record all the information
l need for my research on a smoke drum.

191
00:17:48,328 --> 00:17:49,768
l did not know that.

192
00:17:49,868 --> 00:17:52,958
ls nobody listening to me?

193
00:17:54,608 --> 00:17:56,228
God damn it!

194
00:17:59,138 --> 00:18:02,008
l have to do everything myself.

195
00:18:02,448 --> 00:18:06,078
A whole day's work goes down the toilet,
and l have to start all over again.

196
00:18:06,178 --> 00:18:09,478
Do you have sawdust
or just plain shit for brains?

197
00:18:15,188 --> 00:18:17,628
Where the hell do you think you're going?
Fine, get out of here.

198
00:18:17,628 --> 00:18:19,188
Where the hell do you think you're going?
Fine, get out of here.

199
00:18:50,598 --> 00:18:54,158
Vivien. Jesus.

200
00:18:55,368 --> 00:18:58,818
-Hold on a minute, will you?
-l was not raised to take that type of talk.

201
00:18:58,938 --> 00:19:02,238
My apologies. l'm sorry l lost my temper.

202
00:19:02,338 --> 00:19:06,798
Normally it takes assistants months to learn
what you picked up in a matter of days.

203
00:19:09,748 --> 00:19:11,578
lt won't happen again.

204
00:19:17,858 --> 00:19:19,118
Please.

205
00:20:16,908 --> 00:20:21,108
Ladies and gentlemen.
Fellows, take the music down, will you?

206
00:20:23,048 --> 00:20:25,048
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you.

207
00:20:25,758 --> 00:20:28,218
l mentioned to Gen. Cunningham
the other day...

208
00:20:28,328 --> 00:20:31,778
how proud we were that Al had chosen us...

209
00:20:31,898 --> 00:20:34,188
over all the medical schools in the country.

210
00:20:34,298 --> 00:20:36,888
John, why don't you tell everyone
what you said?

211
00:20:36,998 --> 00:20:38,398
Be glad to, Walter.

212
00:20:39,398 --> 00:20:42,628
l just got back from a month at the front.

213
00:20:43,708 --> 00:20:46,838
There are thousands of our boys
in field hospitals...

214
00:20:46,938 --> 00:20:49,038
all over North Africa and ltaly...

215
00:20:49,408 --> 00:20:53,138
who owe their lives to Dr. Blalock's work
in the treatment of shock.

216
00:20:54,248 --> 00:20:58,308
l want everyone here to know
how grateful we are to him...

217
00:20:58,818 --> 00:21:00,878
and how proud you all should be.

218
00:21:00,988 --> 00:21:02,818
Hear, hear.

219
00:21:03,758 --> 00:21:05,698
-Dr. Blalock, welcome.
-Thank you.

220
00:21:05,798 --> 00:21:08,528
Thanks, General.
lt's great to have you here, Al...

221
00:21:08,628 --> 00:21:12,188
but truth be told, it's Mary we really want.

222
00:21:13,798 --> 00:21:16,828
Our new Chairman
of the Department of Surgery...

223
00:21:16,938 --> 00:21:20,598
my old and dear friend, Dr. Alfred Blalock.

224
00:21:24,048 --> 00:21:25,678
Thank you, Walter.

225
00:21:28,118 --> 00:21:31,418
Mary and l welcome you all to our home.

226
00:21:34,428 --> 00:21:37,388
As do our dear children.

227
00:21:37,928 --> 00:21:40,328
-Sadie, get them to bed, now.
-No!

228
00:21:44,968 --> 00:21:49,068
Thank you, Johns Hopkins,
for my prodigal return...

229
00:21:49,168 --> 00:21:51,838
after 15 years in the Tennessee backwoods.

230
00:21:52,708 --> 00:21:54,798
To find myself back here.

231
00:21:55,808 --> 00:21:57,298
Dreams do come true.

232
00:21:59,048 --> 00:22:02,988
You're the best surgeons in the country
and l'm honored to lead you.

233
00:22:04,718 --> 00:22:06,818
To use a timely reference:

234
00:22:07,318 --> 00:22:10,258
''We'll storm the beaches together.
Shoulder to shoulder.''

235
00:22:10,358 --> 00:22:12,918
Lay siege to the mysteries of medicine.

236
00:22:13,028 --> 00:22:17,088
We'll make the kind of progress
Hopkins used to be known for.

237
00:22:17,198 --> 00:22:20,798
l know we will accomplish
great things together.

238
00:22:36,748 --> 00:22:40,778
l'm looking
for my next watershed discovery...

239
00:22:40,888 --> 00:22:43,288
not to put too modest a point on it.

240
00:22:43,388 --> 00:22:46,018
lt's not enough for us to be great surgeons.

241
00:22:46,128 --> 00:22:49,858
We need to be outstanding researchers.
Any ideas? Anything innovative?

242
00:22:50,028 --> 00:22:53,088
What about skin grafts?
Testing what skin grips might take.

243
00:22:53,198 --> 00:22:56,368
-lsn't skin merely packaging?
-No, it keeps out infection.

244
00:22:56,468 --> 00:22:58,598
Excuse me, Doctor,
may l suggest something?

245
00:22:58,708 --> 00:23:01,468
Please do. l'm very suggestible.
Tell us your name again.

246
00:23:01,578 --> 00:23:05,948
-l run the Harriet Lane Clinic for children.
-Dr. Taussig. Yes, of course.

247
00:23:06,148 --> 00:23:10,178
Dr. Longmire, Dr. Kelven, Dr. Cooley.

248
00:23:10,288 --> 00:23:12,018
l've read about your research.

249
00:23:12,118 --> 00:23:14,148
-On congenitally malformed hearts.
-Yes.

250
00:23:14,258 --> 00:23:15,988
Boy, women and their hearts.

251
00:23:16,088 --> 00:23:19,028
Vivien, would you get Dr. Taussig a drink?

252
00:23:19,128 --> 00:23:21,788
-What would you like?
-Champagne would be lovely.

253
00:23:21,898 --> 00:23:24,598
Let's lubricate the vein of inspiration.

254
00:23:25,098 --> 00:23:27,158
Go on, Dr. Taussig, tell us more.

255
00:23:27,268 --> 00:23:31,708
lt's something that up to now
has been written off as untreatable.

256
00:23:31,808 --> 00:23:35,748
But l don't believe it has to be.
l'm speaking of Tetralogy of Fallot.

257
00:23:35,948 --> 00:23:37,038
Blue babies.

258
00:23:37,148 --> 00:23:39,578
Yes, these children,
their hearts aren't failing...

259
00:23:39,678 --> 00:23:43,408
they're suffocating due to a blockage
in the main artery to the lung.

260
00:23:43,518 --> 00:23:45,348
Pulmonary stenosis.

261
00:23:46,858 --> 00:23:50,048
The mortality rate is 100%.

262
00:23:50,158 --> 00:23:52,718
l've watched
hundreds of cyanotic children die.

263
00:23:52,828 --> 00:23:55,388
l admitted a baby tonight
who will certainly die...

264
00:23:55,498 --> 00:23:57,988
simply because
no one has had the courage...

265
00:23:58,398 --> 00:24:00,838
to attempt a surgical solution to this.

266
00:24:00,938 --> 00:24:02,668
Maybe with good reason.

267
00:24:02,768 --> 00:24:06,068
To put it mildly, you can't operate
on the heart. That's basic.

268
00:24:06,238 --> 00:24:09,038
-We don't have clinical proof of that--
-My point exactly.

269
00:24:09,148 --> 00:24:12,048
-lt's possible for us--
-Denton, you have to stop the heart...

270
00:24:12,148 --> 00:24:14,668
to perform a complicated correction
within three minutes.

271
00:24:14,788 --> 00:24:17,188
By that time, they're dead.
These children are doomed.

272
00:24:17,288 --> 00:24:20,828
There must be a way
to get more blood to the lungs.

273
00:24:21,058 --> 00:24:24,188
l mean, l doubt we could
repair a defect in the heart walls--

274
00:24:24,298 --> 00:24:26,388
Without causing ventricular fibrillation.

275
00:24:26,498 --> 00:24:31,088
But maybe there's a way to avoid interfering
with the greater circulation....

276
00:24:31,198 --> 00:24:33,358
lf we focus on the pulmonary artery.

277
00:24:33,798 --> 00:24:36,328
Who on this God's earth are you?

278
00:25:04,268 --> 00:25:07,468
-Brought home some food from the party.
-l'm trying to get her down.

279
00:25:07,568 --> 00:25:08,798
Hold on.

280
00:25:10,108 --> 00:25:13,368
Okay, girl. Now go to sleep, baby.

281
00:25:19,618 --> 00:25:21,708
The girls are just getting to bed?

282
00:25:21,818 --> 00:25:24,978
2-ton neighbor upstairs
nearly burst through the boards.

283
00:25:25,918 --> 00:25:29,118
-l'm gonna have to fix that.
-Are you gonna fix the fat man?

284
00:25:29,228 --> 00:25:32,988
Get him to stop hollering his head off,
when the girls is trying to sleep?

285
00:25:33,998 --> 00:25:36,758
Try a deviled egg. They're real good.

286
00:25:37,268 --> 00:25:38,998
Seen better in Nashville.

287
00:25:41,908 --> 00:25:43,498
l want to go home, Viv.

288
00:25:45,078 --> 00:25:46,668
Clara, it's our first week.

289
00:25:46,778 --> 00:25:49,578
Yeah, and you said
if we didn't like it, remember?

290
00:25:51,918 --> 00:25:54,648
-Yes.
-Our family's in Nashville.

291
00:25:55,088 --> 00:25:58,778
We had a nice home in a
good neighborhood. The schools were fine.

292
00:25:58,888 --> 00:26:00,358
Not living in this....

293
00:26:00,458 --> 00:26:04,118
l don't know how we're gonna make it
on that paycheck he's talking about...

294
00:26:04,228 --> 00:26:07,928
and he got you serving drinks at his party
just to make ends meet. Come on.

295
00:26:08,028 --> 00:26:10,498
Try to understand.
When l started at Vanderbilt...

296
00:26:10,598 --> 00:26:11,798
-l was a janitor.
-l know.

297
00:26:11,898 --> 00:26:15,168
Dr. Blalock saw what l could contribute,
and he gave me a chance.

298
00:26:15,268 --> 00:26:17,798
And when they offered him
that big job in Detroit...

299
00:26:17,908 --> 00:26:20,498
he didn't take it because they didn't take me.

300
00:26:20,838 --> 00:26:23,178
Now l'm a lab assistant to a top surgeon...

301
00:26:23,278 --> 00:26:25,978
at the number one medical school
in the country.

302
00:26:26,078 --> 00:26:28,978
-lt's a good position.
-What about you going to medical school?

303
00:26:29,088 --> 00:26:31,948
You don't have to remind me of that.
We have a family now.

304
00:26:40,998 --> 00:26:42,798
Sweetheart, it's important work.

305
00:26:43,268 --> 00:26:47,358
And it's a real opportunity,
and l love what l'm doing.

306
00:26:49,738 --> 00:26:52,168
So it doesn't really matter
how l feel, then, does it?

307
00:26:52,278 --> 00:26:54,178
Clara, you know it matters.

308
00:27:09,628 --> 00:27:11,088
See that man?

309
00:27:12,158 --> 00:27:15,288
That's Johns Hopkins himself.

310
00:27:19,868 --> 00:27:21,698
Sir William Osler...

311
00:27:22,508 --> 00:27:25,068
the father of modern American medicine.

312
00:27:26,938 --> 00:27:30,278
William Halstead, invented the mastectomy.

313
00:27:32,518 --> 00:27:34,638
Let me show you some of the others.

314
00:27:40,888 --> 00:27:45,418
Excuse me.
All workers punch in at the rear entrance.

315
00:27:47,028 --> 00:27:49,998
-He's with me.
-That don't make any difference.

316
00:27:51,738 --> 00:27:54,968
-Do you know who l am?
-No, sir.

317
00:27:55,438 --> 00:27:58,308
Dr. Blalock, Chief Surgical Professor.

318
00:27:58,738 --> 00:28:01,268
l'm sorry, Dr. Blalock, but that's the rules.

319
00:28:04,348 --> 00:28:06,438
l'll meet you in the labs, Vivien.

320
00:28:21,898 --> 00:28:24,388
Hey, you need to punch in first.

321
00:28:25,868 --> 00:28:27,228
Thank you.

322
00:29:17,918 --> 00:29:19,858
l can see we've arrived.

323
00:29:20,288 --> 00:29:22,878
When was the last time
they used this place?

324
00:29:22,988 --> 00:29:25,718
Have someone clean it up
before they put the equipment in.

325
00:29:25,828 --> 00:29:28,158
l'll meet you in an hour
at the Harriet Lane wards.

326
00:29:28,268 --> 00:29:31,668
Let's see if there's anything
in this idea of Dr. Taussig's.

327
00:30:01,928 --> 00:30:03,698
Excuse me?

328
00:30:04,538 --> 00:30:05,998
Good morning.

329
00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:09,798
Where do you think l could find someone
to help us clean up the lab, Doctor?

330
00:30:09,908 --> 00:30:14,068
-Who do you think you're talking to?
-l'm not sure.

331
00:30:14,378 --> 00:30:18,148
l'm Vivien Thomas,
l work for Dr. Blalock, running this lab.

332
00:30:18,278 --> 00:30:20,678
l'm Dr. Edgar V. Hecker...

333
00:30:22,588 --> 00:30:26,388
Director of Laboratories.
l'd like some coffee and a doughnut.

334
00:30:28,788 --> 00:30:30,848
Doctor.

335
00:30:33,098 --> 00:30:35,658
There must be a mix-up.

336
00:30:37,938 --> 00:30:42,068
Listen, l don't stand for insolence.
We'll see about this.

337
00:30:47,378 --> 00:30:49,398
-You know, Doctor, there aren't many--
-What?

338
00:30:49,508 --> 00:30:52,208
You'll have to speak up,
l can't hear too well in this ear.

339
00:30:52,318 --> 00:30:55,148
You're one of the few women doctors
l've seen here.

340
00:30:56,088 --> 00:30:58,748
At least they let me in
through the front door.

341
00:31:00,788 --> 00:31:03,418
This is where we keep
some of the older kids.

342
00:31:09,798 --> 00:31:13,198
Doctor, why do they squat like that?

343
00:31:14,168 --> 00:31:17,158
A little boy told me
that it helps him breathe better.

344
00:31:17,838 --> 00:31:21,278
lt cuts off the blood to the legs,
pushes it up into the lungs.

345
00:31:22,708 --> 00:31:24,868
They both look very cyanotic.

346
00:31:27,178 --> 00:31:28,518
Here he is now.

347
00:31:30,688 --> 00:31:32,808
-Dr. Blalock. Welcome.
-Helen, sorry.

348
00:31:33,518 --> 00:31:36,918
Here is the Saxon baby
l was telling you about last night.

349
00:31:39,298 --> 00:31:40,588
Thank you.

350
00:31:56,608 --> 00:31:59,238
She usually smiles
when someone does that.

351
00:31:59,348 --> 00:32:00,818
Hello, Mrs. Saxon.

352
00:32:04,318 --> 00:32:07,478
-What is that thing?
-lt's an oximeter.

353
00:32:07,588 --> 00:32:10,718
Reads how much oxygen
there is in the blood.

354
00:32:13,228 --> 00:32:16,998
She looks cold in there. But l can't hold her.

355
00:32:17,668 --> 00:32:21,258
They say it isn't good for her.
l'm not even supposed to let her cry.

356
00:32:21,368 --> 00:32:25,138
How do you keep a baby from crying?
Especially if you can't hold her.

357
00:32:28,308 --> 00:32:31,338
You can see the change
in the shape and the size of the vessels...

358
00:32:31,448 --> 00:32:33,248
as these hearts grow larger.

359
00:32:34,018 --> 00:32:37,378
l did necroscopies
on some of my patients' hearts.

360
00:32:37,648 --> 00:32:39,588
To study the malformations in detail.

361
00:32:39,688 --> 00:32:42,658
lt's amazing they could live at all
with hearts like these.

362
00:32:42,758 --> 00:32:45,488
Dr. Gross at Harvard
said only God could correct...

363
00:32:45,598 --> 00:32:48,858
a narrowing indentation
of the left side of the aortic arch.

364
00:32:48,968 --> 00:32:52,398
Perhaps that statement says
more about Harvard than it does about God.

365
00:32:52,498 --> 00:32:56,298
That baby back there, how long?

366
00:32:57,338 --> 00:33:00,308
Six months. A year at the very most.

367
00:33:00,408 --> 00:33:03,778
-That's not right.
-Are you going to take this on, Doctor?

368
00:33:08,748 --> 00:33:11,718
l want to see all your diagnostic notes.

369
00:33:14,258 --> 00:33:16,048
l'll get them right away.

370
00:33:18,058 --> 00:33:19,428
Thank you.

371
00:33:33,938 --> 00:33:36,168
Put away the books, Vivien.

372
00:33:37,078 --> 00:33:40,048
Let's not waste any more time
on theoretical crap.

373
00:33:40,148 --> 00:33:42,278
Let's start with experiments.

374
00:33:43,388 --> 00:33:46,818
Four separate defects of the heart
working in combination.

375
00:33:49,458 --> 00:33:52,918
The pulmonary artery is constricted...

376
00:33:53,658 --> 00:33:58,188
in the main artery before the divide,
diminishing blood supply to both lungs.

377
00:33:59,698 --> 00:34:01,998
And the hole in the septum...

378
00:34:02,108 --> 00:34:06,508
causes the used blood
to flow back into the arterial system...

379
00:34:07,238 --> 00:34:11,438
instead of flowing through the lungs,
turning the babies blue.

380
00:34:13,448 --> 00:34:15,708
A baby's heart is delicate.

381
00:34:17,518 --> 00:34:20,008
lt's a goddamn minefield.

382
00:34:21,658 --> 00:34:26,218
The first step is to see if we can create
the ''blue baby'' condition in a dog...

383
00:34:26,328 --> 00:34:28,758
and then come up with a plan to solve it.

384
00:34:32,338 --> 00:34:34,028
You're drinking too much coffee.

385
00:34:34,138 --> 00:34:37,438
Balzac drank 300 cups of coffee in one day.

386
00:34:39,678 --> 00:34:43,198
Of course, he died of a perforated ulcer.

387
00:34:46,648 --> 00:34:49,678
Odds are against us
reproducing this in the laboratory.

388
00:34:50,848 --> 00:34:54,048
Are you sure this is the limb
you want to climb out on?

389
00:34:55,128 --> 00:34:58,218
Back in '29, when l had TB...

390
00:35:01,598 --> 00:35:06,088
the x-rays showed a big gaping hole
in my left lung.

391
00:35:07,468 --> 00:35:09,998
l laid there on a freezing porch...

392
00:35:10,368 --> 00:35:13,338
in a sanatorium in upstate New York...

393
00:35:13,908 --> 00:35:16,238
with 18 blankets on me.

394
00:35:16,348 --> 00:35:18,838
Nothing but my nose
exposed to the elements.

395
00:35:21,688 --> 00:35:25,918
Death's a very humbling thing to live with
day in and day out.

396
00:35:28,628 --> 00:35:29,888
l swore then...

397
00:35:31,558 --> 00:35:35,428
if l got my life back,
l would do something important with it.

398
00:35:38,668 --> 00:35:43,328
l know, in every fiber of my being...

399
00:35:44,408 --> 00:35:47,268
that this is a limb l want to climb out on.

400
00:35:49,978 --> 00:35:52,708
lt's gonna be hell
trying to work with a child's vessels...

401
00:35:52,818 --> 00:35:54,778
three or four millimeters thick.

402
00:35:54,888 --> 00:35:57,578
Like sewing over cooked spaghetti noodles.

403
00:35:59,318 --> 00:36:00,758
We'll need the smallest sutures.

404
00:36:02,128 --> 00:36:04,178
We'll need to make our own tools.

405
00:36:04,928 --> 00:36:08,418
-We could be in for trouble, Vivien.
-Big trouble.

406
00:36:10,298 --> 00:36:14,498
<i>-Dr. Alfred Blalock to OR, please.
-They're driving me crazy.</i>

407
00:36:15,638 --> 00:36:17,828
This goddamn war.

408
00:36:17,938 --> 00:36:19,508
We don't have enough doctors.
My surgery cases are through the roof.

409
00:36:19,508 --> 00:36:21,878
We don't have enough doctors.
My surgery cases are through the roof.

410
00:36:21,978 --> 00:36:24,068
lf l'm not operating, l'm teaching.

411
00:36:25,078 --> 00:36:27,678
You're gonna have to do
most of this research.

412
00:36:28,078 --> 00:36:29,568
What'll you need?

413
00:36:31,518 --> 00:36:35,748
l need a bulldog clamp
small enough for the baby...

414
00:36:36,388 --> 00:36:38,618
but strong enough
to stop the flow of blood.

415
00:36:38,728 --> 00:36:40,628
What about a breathing device?

416
00:36:41,028 --> 00:36:45,398
l'd love a Positive Pressure Respirator,
but with this war going on....

417
00:36:45,598 --> 00:36:50,058
Yeah, how in hell can l do the experiments
if l can't even get the equipment?

418
00:36:51,708 --> 00:36:52,678
Shut up.

419
00:36:54,278 --> 00:36:56,838
You surely pissed off Ed Hecker.

420
00:36:56,948 --> 00:36:59,808
You mean l disturbed his afternoon nap?

421
00:37:00,248 --> 00:37:04,778
What is it with you
and that boy of yours? Thomas.

422
00:37:05,558 --> 00:37:06,988
Why'd you bring him up here?

423
00:37:07,088 --> 00:37:09,678
We've been together more than 12 years.

424
00:37:10,288 --> 00:37:14,698
He's a really good worker.

425
00:37:19,368 --> 00:37:21,058
How about a little wager?

426
00:37:25,838 --> 00:37:26,828
$50?

427
00:37:29,578 --> 00:37:32,638
-Give him a break, Dick.
-You're on.

428
00:37:33,918 --> 00:37:37,148
There's a rumor going around
you're contemplating heart surgery.

429
00:37:37,248 --> 00:37:39,918
That's an intriguing rumor, don't you think?

430
00:37:40,018 --> 00:37:43,928
Wouldn't it be a feather in our cap
if we were the first ones to do it?

431
00:37:44,028 --> 00:37:47,358
lndeed, it would.
But l hope you'll forgive my skepticism.

432
00:37:47,458 --> 00:37:50,188
There is no reason for us
to think it's possible.

433
00:37:50,298 --> 00:37:54,068
And every indicator says it can't be done.

434
00:37:54,568 --> 00:37:57,338
Most of us agree, Al, the risks are huge.

435
00:37:57,768 --> 00:38:00,568
There isn't even any incremental progress.

436
00:38:08,618 --> 00:38:11,918
Where you see risks, l see opportunity.

437
00:38:17,228 --> 00:38:19,418
You gotta take care of that sink up in 4-B.

438
00:38:19,528 --> 00:38:21,388
You said you were gonna fix these steps.

439
00:38:21,498 --> 00:38:25,028
Yes, forgive me, l've been very busy at work.
But l will get to it.

440
00:38:25,138 --> 00:38:28,398
The deal is $7 off for odd jobs every month.

441
00:38:28,708 --> 00:38:30,468
You gotta pick up the pace.

442
00:38:51,558 --> 00:38:53,998
<i>With allied forces fighting at Cassino...</i>

443
00:38:54,098 --> 00:38:58,688
<i>German Field Marshal Kesselring
has earned a reputation as one of our few....</i>

444
00:38:59,038 --> 00:39:02,528
This is good, sweetheart.
lt's got some kick to it tonight.

445
00:39:03,108 --> 00:39:06,738
The same as last night.
Just put it on a different side of the plate.

446
00:39:06,838 --> 00:39:08,938
Sometimes it's better the next day.

447
00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:12,808
l hope so, 'cause guess what?

448
00:39:13,678 --> 00:39:15,548
Tomorrow it's hash à la king.

449
00:39:16,618 --> 00:39:18,608
lt's hash à la queen tonight.

450
00:39:27,758 --> 00:39:29,388
l could get a job.

451
00:39:35,538 --> 00:39:37,338
Who'll look after the girls?

452
00:39:46,148 --> 00:39:48,238
l know it's not Nashville.

453
00:39:51,118 --> 00:39:52,588
And l know...

454
00:39:53,658 --> 00:39:56,518
l wouldn't be able to do
what l'm doing without you.

455
00:39:57,788 --> 00:40:00,558
My father took care of us,
l'll take care of you.

456
00:40:02,668 --> 00:40:05,998
And everything's gonna be just fine.
We'll be just fine here.

457
00:40:06,138 --> 00:40:09,438
l know, you're right. We'll be fine here.

458
00:40:13,478 --> 00:40:16,098
We're gonna run out of dogs
at this rate, Vivien.

459
00:40:16,208 --> 00:40:19,148
lt's been three months,
and all l'm closer to is retirement.

460
00:40:19,248 --> 00:40:23,208
Things move slow sometimes.
No matter what you want.

461
00:40:24,488 --> 00:40:24,948
l'm getting close. l've got 30% desaturation.

462
00:40:24,948 --> 00:40:28,888
l'm getting close. l've got 30% desaturation.

463
00:40:28,988 --> 00:40:30,618
That dog was faintly blue at best.

464
00:40:30,728 --> 00:40:34,128
Until we get the dog in the same state
as the baby, we can't go forward.

465
00:40:34,228 --> 00:40:38,188
-What is the problem?
-Every time l constrict, it kills the dogs.

466
00:40:38,538 --> 00:40:42,798
l've tried nylon, ligature,
umbilical tape, ox facet.

467
00:40:43,738 --> 00:40:45,328
We need a new approach.

468
00:40:46,838 --> 00:40:49,208
Okay, forget constriction.

469
00:40:49,548 --> 00:40:53,448
Try a partial lobectomy.
Remove both lobes of the right lung.

470
00:40:54,018 --> 00:40:58,038
Do an arteries to veins fistula,
where the medial wall of the aorta...

471
00:40:58,148 --> 00:41:00,148
and the pulmonary artery adhere.

472
00:41:01,688 --> 00:41:03,388
l'll be in the OR.

473
00:41:07,858 --> 00:41:10,698
That's a very good idea, Doctor. Thank you.

474
00:41:14,498 --> 00:41:16,558
-God damn it!
-You did the best you could.

475
00:41:16,668 --> 00:41:19,158
With the condition of his liver,
you never had a chance.

476
00:41:19,278 --> 00:41:21,208
l always have a chance.

477
00:41:21,878 --> 00:41:24,038
-Get me his autopsy.
-Yes.

478
00:41:29,648 --> 00:41:30,638
Shit.

479
00:41:31,718 --> 00:41:32,918
Damn.

480
00:41:37,458 --> 00:41:39,948
-What's that?
-Our new respirator.

481
00:41:40,458 --> 00:41:42,728
l was rummaging around the machine shop.

482
00:41:42,828 --> 00:41:46,228
lt's not pretty, but it works.

483
00:41:48,498 --> 00:41:50,558
lt is pretty.

484
00:41:53,808 --> 00:41:57,608
l knew l could count on you.
You're the only one l can trust around here.

485
00:41:57,708 --> 00:42:00,838
l suspect others relish the thought
of seeing me fail.

486
00:42:13,658 --> 00:42:15,028
Mary!

487
00:42:23,668 --> 00:42:25,738
-There's an ambulance in the driveway.
-Good evening.

488
00:42:25,738 --> 00:42:26,608
-There's an ambulance in the driveway.
-Good evening.

489
00:42:28,538 --> 00:42:32,498
Gen. Cunningham needed help
carting wounded Gl's off the ship.

490
00:42:33,118 --> 00:42:35,708
So l volunteered to be a driver on the base.

491
00:42:39,958 --> 00:42:42,418
-That's wonderful.
-Not really.

492
00:42:43,388 --> 00:42:45,288
l've a lot of time on my hands.

493
00:42:45,928 --> 00:42:47,518
She wouldn't go to bed?

494
00:42:48,558 --> 00:42:50,398
Not until you came home.

495
00:42:53,638 --> 00:42:55,498
You know what she said today?

496
00:42:56,438 --> 00:42:59,428
She said she wanted to be a patient
when she grows up.

497
00:43:00,238 --> 00:43:02,608
So she can get to see her daddy.

498
00:43:10,348 --> 00:43:13,908
l don't remember you wearing a tool belt
at your coming-out party.

499
00:43:17,358 --> 00:43:19,228
Guess it has been...

500
00:43:19,328 --> 00:43:21,758
a couple of weeks
since l made it home before 11:00.

501
00:43:21,858 --> 00:43:24,258
No, it's 23 days.

502
00:43:26,068 --> 00:43:29,268
Not as if l don't know
the lot of a doctor's wife...

503
00:43:30,708 --> 00:43:31,938
but l miss you.

504
00:43:37,508 --> 00:43:38,978
lt's gonna change.

505
00:43:40,378 --> 00:43:42,278
lt's probably gonna get worse.

506
00:43:47,158 --> 00:43:49,988
-Vivien.
-Dr. Longmire.

507
00:43:50,088 --> 00:43:52,818
-ls Dr. Blalock in?
-No, he's not.

508
00:43:52,928 --> 00:43:56,088
l don't know where he is.
You should check his office.

509
00:44:11,808 --> 00:44:15,548
That's an interesting procedure.
Never seen a clamp like that before.

510
00:44:15,788 --> 00:44:19,238
-lt is for small vascular work.
-Where'd you get it?

511
00:44:19,718 --> 00:44:22,708
l pieced it together
from some things lying around.

512
00:44:24,128 --> 00:44:26,488
Now we're getting somewhere.

513
00:44:34,338 --> 00:44:35,958
You're not even looking.

514
00:44:37,268 --> 00:44:40,638
lt's like when you come home
late at night, you know?

515
00:44:41,308 --> 00:44:44,108
You know the feel of the room in the dark.

516
00:44:47,118 --> 00:44:48,578
That looks impossible.

517
00:44:48,678 --> 00:44:50,848
No, if l can do it, you can do it.

518
00:44:51,848 --> 00:44:55,348
You see, this string here...

519
00:44:55,488 --> 00:44:58,458
that's how you get traction on the suture...

520
00:44:58,558 --> 00:45:02,258
'cause you need a lot of exposure
for the anastomosis.

521
00:45:06,098 --> 00:45:08,258
l'd like to work with you sometime.

522
00:45:10,038 --> 00:45:12,098
Fine, Dr. Longmire, that'd be fine.

523
00:45:12,208 --> 00:45:16,578
My emergency rotation starts in 10 minutes,
but l can come in on Thursday.

524
00:45:17,008 --> 00:45:19,498
That'd be fine. You have a good day, Doctor.

525
00:45:59,988 --> 00:46:03,578
-What are you doing here?
-l was in the neighborhood.

526
00:46:04,128 --> 00:46:06,098
Supreme Court, finally made it.

527
00:46:07,098 --> 00:46:10,758
A long time. You been working
on this case for what, nine years?

528
00:46:10,968 --> 00:46:13,658
-No, 12 years.
-12 years?

529
00:46:14,638 --> 00:46:15,828
Time.

530
00:46:16,538 --> 00:46:19,238
So, tell me, what was it like?

531
00:46:20,578 --> 00:46:23,978
Nine white guys in big gowns
walked in first.

532
00:46:24,078 --> 00:46:25,978
Then the school board lawyers.

533
00:46:26,078 --> 00:46:30,248
Our lawyer, Thurgood Marshall,
he looked kind of lonely in there.

534
00:46:31,018 --> 00:46:33,418
You know what them people
said in their brief?

535
00:46:33,518 --> 00:46:36,888
Said since colored teachers in Nashville
live so cheaply...

536
00:46:36,988 --> 00:46:40,218
they should pay us
a whole lot less than white teachers.

537
00:46:41,158 --> 00:46:42,858
But let me tell you...

538
00:46:42,968 --> 00:46:45,928
Thurgood said he'd be goddamned
if they could get away with that.

539
00:46:46,038 --> 00:46:49,988
So he gets up and says to that white lawyer,
''You're full of it.

540
00:46:51,038 --> 00:46:53,698
''Have you ever read the Constitution?

541
00:46:53,808 --> 00:46:57,068
''The damned 14th Amendment.
The equal protection clause says:

542
00:46:57,248 --> 00:47:00,908
'''A government can't discriminate
based on race.'''

543
00:47:01,648 --> 00:47:04,918
Yes, Lord. l mean he was good, Viv.

544
00:47:05,588 --> 00:47:08,278
l think we got the Board of Education
on the run.

545
00:47:08,388 --> 00:47:11,688
That's good news, Harold.
So when will they decide?

546
00:47:11,828 --> 00:47:13,798
Could be months, longer.

547
00:47:13,998 --> 00:47:16,858
l don't know, but l can wait.
After all these years.

548
00:47:16,968 --> 00:47:19,298
All those calls l got
in the middle of the night.

549
00:47:19,398 --> 00:47:22,888
White folk telling me they gonna kill me
if l don't drop this lawsuit.

550
00:47:23,008 --> 00:47:25,998
No, you gotta show them
you won't take that treatment.

551
00:47:26,238 --> 00:47:29,868
Wait. Listen to me when l tell you,
you need to leave this sorry-ass place...

552
00:47:29,978 --> 00:47:31,378
and that dead-end job.

553
00:47:31,478 --> 00:47:34,418
Harold, Dr. Blalock's
doing the best he can for me.

554
00:47:34,518 --> 00:47:35,978
lt's not enough.

555
00:47:36,088 --> 00:47:40,718
He trusts me to carry out those experiments
on my own. l'm running the whole lab.

556
00:47:40,818 --> 00:47:43,448
-Thank you.
-But does he compensate you extra for that?

557
00:47:43,558 --> 00:47:46,118
Now, Harold, Vivien's doing
important research now.

558
00:47:46,228 --> 00:47:48,218
But he's forgetting
what Granddaddy told us.

559
00:47:48,328 --> 00:47:51,298
He said he regretted
acting so grateful for being free...

560
00:47:51,398 --> 00:47:53,768
for what really wasn't any freedom at all.

561
00:47:53,868 --> 00:47:55,338
l know, l remember.

562
00:48:05,048 --> 00:48:07,948
What you giving him extra for?
What's wrong with me?

563
00:48:08,048 --> 00:48:10,808
Nothing minding your own business
wouldn't cure.

564
00:48:15,188 --> 00:48:16,848
You got that white coat.

565
00:48:17,728 --> 00:48:20,398
But you're just a class three worker,
same as me.

566
00:48:21,028 --> 00:48:24,358
ln fact, l got two years' seniority on you.

567
00:48:24,928 --> 00:48:26,628
l'm making more than you.

568
00:48:27,038 --> 00:48:29,498
Don't think you're
some kind of big shot around here.

569
00:48:29,608 --> 00:48:32,898
Excuse me, buddy.
Class three, what does that mean?

570
00:48:33,338 --> 00:48:35,328
lt means salary grade.

571
00:48:35,808 --> 00:48:38,838
And, ma'am, and this here? What's this?

572
00:48:39,778 --> 00:48:41,268
Job classification.

573
00:48:42,078 --> 00:48:43,708
What is class three?

574
00:48:46,188 --> 00:48:47,918
Maintenance worker.

575
00:48:48,558 --> 00:48:50,988
l'm a lab technician. That can't be.

576
00:48:53,458 --> 00:48:54,758
''Vivien Thomas.''

577
00:49:01,038 --> 00:49:02,598
Okay. Here we go.

578
00:49:02,708 --> 00:49:05,438
''Vivien Thomas, class three.''

579
00:49:07,038 --> 00:49:08,478
Thank you.

580
00:49:18,118 --> 00:49:21,148
-How's it going?
-The vessel's tolerating ligation.

581
00:49:21,618 --> 00:49:22,958
Any progress?

582
00:49:25,258 --> 00:49:28,788
lf you kill that dog,
l swear l will take it out of your paycheck.

583
00:49:33,468 --> 00:49:34,868
l'm finished up here.

584
00:49:34,968 --> 00:49:38,268
Dr. Longmire, would you mind
closing up for me? Thank you.

585
00:49:41,078 --> 00:49:42,838
Come on, Vivien.

586
00:50:05,998 --> 00:50:08,528
l was kidding
about taking it out of your paycheck.

587
00:50:08,638 --> 00:50:12,538
Good luck. 'Cause l only make $16 a week.

588
00:50:13,438 --> 00:50:16,668
-For a 16-hour day.
-That's all they can pay.

589
00:50:16,778 --> 00:50:19,648
That's all they can pay
class three workers around here.

590
00:50:19,748 --> 00:50:21,508
What are you talking about?

591
00:50:23,088 --> 00:50:26,048
That's my job classification.

592
00:50:28,288 --> 00:50:30,418
Who cares what they call you?

593
00:50:30,528 --> 00:50:33,758
You and l both know
how valuable the work is that you do.

594
00:50:33,858 --> 00:50:38,428
lf my work is so important,
then why am l class three?

595
00:50:39,368 --> 00:50:42,498
Two grades below what l do.
ln classification and pay.

596
00:50:42,608 --> 00:50:45,668
l don't know why.
l don't pay attention to bureaucratic details.

597
00:50:45,778 --> 00:50:46,798
l see.

598
00:50:47,008 --> 00:50:50,598
Look, at Hopkins you can't be a technician
without a college degree.

599
00:50:50,708 --> 00:50:53,678
-And where are you going?
-l need to fix some steps.

600
00:50:55,348 --> 00:50:57,078
We have work to do.

601
00:50:57,648 --> 00:51:01,348
Do l have your permission
to do some work for my landlord...

602
00:51:01,458 --> 00:51:02,918
so l can pay my rent?

603
00:51:08,258 --> 00:51:11,628
Dr. Blalock, could you come here, please?

604
00:51:15,598 --> 00:51:17,498
You're not gonna believe this.

605
00:51:18,408 --> 00:51:19,998
Look at the oximeter.

606
00:51:27,048 --> 00:51:29,978
The gums are blue, Doctor. Vivien did it.

607
00:51:36,458 --> 00:51:37,548
Off, Alfred.

608
00:51:40,758 --> 00:51:42,698
l brought him up here...

609
00:51:43,968 --> 00:51:45,658
l gave him this opportunity.

610
00:51:45,768 --> 00:51:49,528
l don't set the pay scale.
l just don't see what more l can do.

611
00:51:49,638 --> 00:51:51,608
You're probably feeling guilty.

612
00:51:52,608 --> 00:51:55,338
Guilty? What the hell
do l have to feel guilty about?

613
00:51:55,438 --> 00:51:57,038
For not sending him to college.

614
00:51:57,148 --> 00:51:59,308
You think l should have
sent Vivien to college?

615
00:51:59,418 --> 00:52:02,278
Sure, why not? Told me that was his dream.

616
00:52:02,518 --> 00:52:05,948
-Even mentioned it to me once.
-You know l need him in the lab.

617
00:52:08,958 --> 00:52:11,828
l guess there's only so much good
one person can do.

618
00:52:13,058 --> 00:52:14,958
Congratulations on the dog.

619
00:52:16,368 --> 00:52:20,168
The kind of raise you're suggesting,
how important is this?

620
00:52:21,138 --> 00:52:24,498
He makes it possible for me
to be in many places at the same time.

621
00:52:24,608 --> 00:52:26,968
Can't you just hire
a well-trained college kid--

622
00:52:27,078 --> 00:52:29,868
No, l can't. His hands are important to me.

623
00:52:29,978 --> 00:52:32,678
He's good at following my instructions,
improving on them...

624
00:52:32,778 --> 00:52:34,478
better than anyone l've encountered.

625
00:52:34,578 --> 00:52:37,518
You want me to circumvent
every administrative regulation...

626
00:52:37,618 --> 00:52:39,088
on behalf of a colored helper?

627
00:52:39,188 --> 00:52:41,948
Walter, l'm close
to accomplishing something.

628
00:52:42,058 --> 00:52:44,578
l need him with me
so l can continue with my research.

629
00:52:44,688 --> 00:52:46,658
Can l count on your help?

630
00:52:50,228 --> 00:52:51,668
Hello, Clara.

631
00:52:52,638 --> 00:52:54,158
Dr. Blalock.

632
00:52:57,238 --> 00:52:58,728
Come in, sir.

633
00:52:59,978 --> 00:53:01,308
Thank you.

634
00:53:04,878 --> 00:53:06,968
ls Vivien at home?

635
00:53:07,548 --> 00:53:09,778
Yes, he's putting the kids down.

636
00:53:17,488 --> 00:53:20,688
You know, in 13 years, Dr. Blalock...

637
00:53:20,798 --> 00:53:23,768
l don't recall
you ever stopping by our house.

638
00:53:24,428 --> 00:53:27,198
l don't recall ever being invited.

639
00:53:27,968 --> 00:53:29,268
Professor.

640
00:53:30,738 --> 00:53:31,928
Did something happen?

641
00:53:32,038 --> 00:53:34,868
Yes, l obtained a raise for you,
$25 extra a month...

642
00:53:34,978 --> 00:53:36,638
on top of what you're already making.

643
00:53:36,748 --> 00:53:39,478
That's $300 for the whole year.
Will that be sufficient?

644
00:53:39,578 --> 00:53:43,538
-What job classification?
-Surgical technician. l got you promoted.

645
00:53:43,788 --> 00:53:46,378
Promoted. To what he already does.

646
00:53:49,058 --> 00:53:50,388
Excuse me.

647
00:53:57,868 --> 00:54:00,698
You can pay your rent
and put all your focus on our research.

648
00:54:00,798 --> 00:54:04,258
Vivien, back there in the lab with Ponchos,
what did you do?

649
00:54:04,808 --> 00:54:07,438
What you suggested. A partial fistula.

650
00:54:08,008 --> 00:54:11,338
l stitched the main arteries
and veins together, end-to-end...

651
00:54:11,448 --> 00:54:12,948
and two lobes in the lungs.

652
00:54:12,948 --> 00:54:13,508
and two lobes in the lungs.

653
00:54:14,348 --> 00:54:17,218
We created a blue baby's heart in that dog.

654
00:54:21,558 --> 00:54:22,678
Did we?

655
00:54:22,788 --> 00:54:25,948
Now we have our disease model,
we can find a cure.

656
00:54:27,158 --> 00:54:29,218
And much as l enjoyed
coming here to see you...

657
00:54:29,328 --> 00:54:32,458
would you mind terribly
if l got you a telephone?

658
00:54:33,638 --> 00:54:35,658
No, not at all.

659
00:54:36,368 --> 00:54:37,668
Thank you.

660
00:54:43,508 --> 00:54:44,998
A shunt.

661
00:54:47,378 --> 00:54:49,778
l'm sorry, Doctor. What'd you say?

662
00:54:50,748 --> 00:54:54,878
We need to create a shunt
to get more oxygenated blood to the lungs.

663
00:54:58,628 --> 00:55:00,488
Can't see how to do it.

664
00:55:01,428 --> 00:55:06,028
Remember back in Vanderbilt
when we were doing the research...

665
00:55:06,468 --> 00:55:09,398
on how to create high blood pressure
in the lungs?

666
00:55:09,568 --> 00:55:13,738
Yes, l connected the subclavian
to the pulmonary artery.

667
00:55:14,878 --> 00:55:17,308
We failed to get the higher blood pressure...

668
00:55:17,408 --> 00:55:19,878
but we did get higher blood flow.

669
00:55:22,478 --> 00:55:26,748
Which is exactly
what Dr. Taussig said these babies need.

670
00:55:27,688 --> 00:55:30,588
That's it. We build a bypass.

671
00:55:31,858 --> 00:55:34,118
Take an artery and redirect it.

672
00:55:35,398 --> 00:55:40,298
-Systemic artery to the pulmonary artery.
-Through the lungs.

673
00:55:41,998 --> 00:55:45,058
lt's a long way around, but it gets you there.

674
00:55:45,168 --> 00:55:48,768
lf we wait from the right side,
we have an advantage there.

675
00:55:48,878 --> 00:55:52,608
But the recurrent nerve is in the way,
and if we kink that--

676
00:55:52,718 --> 00:55:55,618
-Vocal cords parallel.
-And the carotid's here.

677
00:55:55,718 --> 00:55:58,918
We may kill the brain if we damage that.

678
00:56:00,018 --> 00:56:01,718
Comforting thought.

679
00:56:06,398 --> 00:56:08,058
The subclavian....

680
00:56:09,628 --> 00:56:11,188
Tie it off.

681
00:56:13,668 --> 00:56:15,258
After the divide.

682
00:56:17,708 --> 00:56:21,438
Cut it right under the clavicle.

683
00:56:22,038 --> 00:56:23,668
Swing it down.

684
00:56:24,048 --> 00:56:26,608
Long, slow general arc.

685
00:56:26,718 --> 00:56:29,508
Will it hold if we pull it down four inches?

686
00:56:29,688 --> 00:56:32,178
lf your hands don't get too excited.

687
00:56:32,488 --> 00:56:35,078
Thank you for the vote of confidence.

688
00:56:35,258 --> 00:56:38,158
No one's ever done anything as hard as this.

689
00:56:38,728 --> 00:56:40,588
Changing the course of blood.

690
00:56:40,698 --> 00:56:43,188
lt'd turn blue into pink.

691
00:56:48,768 --> 00:56:51,038
And death into life.

692
00:57:13,028 --> 00:57:15,428
l don't care what the chart says.

693
00:57:16,598 --> 00:57:18,898
This girl wants to live.

694
00:57:34,348 --> 00:57:36,678
-Retractor.
-No, suture.

695
00:57:37,818 --> 00:57:40,548
Can't we try things my way occasionally?

696
00:57:41,788 --> 00:57:43,348
All right.

697
00:57:43,928 --> 00:57:45,148
Sutures.

698
00:57:49,528 --> 00:57:52,428
Do you mind
if l show you something, Doctor?

699
00:57:59,468 --> 00:58:00,808
Thank you.

700
00:58:09,548 --> 00:58:11,138
Do you need any help?

701
00:58:11,248 --> 00:58:13,348
No, that's fine. Thank you.

702
00:58:18,188 --> 00:58:21,288
l have to purse-string the anastomosis.

703
00:58:23,668 --> 00:58:26,758
Okay, there. He's all yours, Doctor.

704
00:58:32,138 --> 00:58:34,198
Do you feel the connection?

705
00:58:37,208 --> 00:58:39,698
Are you sure you did this, Vivien?

706
00:58:41,548 --> 00:58:44,108
This is like something the Lord made.

707
00:58:51,988 --> 00:58:54,188
Look, Mr. Saxon, Mrs. Saxon...

708
00:58:54,598 --> 00:58:57,898
l acknowledge
that these are uncharted waters.

709
00:58:57,998 --> 00:58:59,488
There are risks.

710
00:58:59,598 --> 00:59:04,228
But l think we have found a way
to repair your daughter's heart.

711
00:59:05,538 --> 00:59:06,768
How?

712
00:59:08,178 --> 00:59:11,808
You're stationed, where,
Norfolk, is it, Mr. Saxon?

713
00:59:11,908 --> 00:59:13,138
Yes, sir.

714
00:59:13,248 --> 00:59:16,408
<i>Been working on the Spencer,
trying to get her back out to sea.</i>

715
00:59:16,518 --> 00:59:18,848
You work on the engines, right?

716
00:59:18,948 --> 00:59:20,218
Yes, sir.

717
00:59:20,318 --> 00:59:23,418
l'd be changing around some of the piping...

718
00:59:23,528 --> 00:59:25,388
leading to and from your daughter's heart.

719
00:59:27,928 --> 00:59:30,988
-Just switching around the pipes?
-Yes.

720
00:59:31,668 --> 00:59:34,568
Arteries that bring the blood...

721
00:59:34,668 --> 00:59:36,498
to and from the heart to the lungs...

722
00:59:36,608 --> 00:59:38,098
act just like pipes.

723
00:59:38,408 --> 00:59:42,308
l've been successful,
switching them around.

724
00:59:44,208 --> 00:59:47,608
-lt's that easy?
-No, it's not that easy.

725
00:59:48,278 --> 00:59:49,548
No surgery is...

726
00:59:49,648 --> 00:59:52,278
and this operation
has special complications.

727
00:59:52,388 --> 00:59:54,908
But l still think it's worth doing.

728
01:00:05,528 --> 01:00:08,058
We're going to talk about this, Doctor.

729
01:00:08,768 --> 01:00:10,098
Good idea.

730
01:00:15,538 --> 01:00:18,238
lt's going to be a lot harder with a baby.

731
01:00:18,808 --> 01:00:21,838
We're going to have to collapse
one of her lungs.

732
01:00:23,188 --> 01:00:25,308
She's already so cyanotic.

733
01:00:26,018 --> 01:00:28,078
She's not getting enough oxygen...

734
01:00:28,188 --> 01:00:31,918
and we're going to have to take away
half of her lung function.

735
01:00:34,158 --> 01:00:35,888
You made those new clamps yet?

736
01:00:35,998 --> 01:00:37,488
l'm working on it.

737
01:00:38,068 --> 01:00:40,688
What if l shred her insides
with those clamps?

738
01:00:40,798 --> 01:00:43,068
So many ways to fail.

739
01:00:43,508 --> 01:00:45,738
Every second counts.

740
01:00:46,238 --> 01:00:47,898
A single minute is too long.

741
01:00:48,008 --> 01:00:51,738
A single minute
of poor blood flow to the brain...

742
01:00:51,848 --> 01:00:55,368
a single second of open bleeding....

743
01:00:57,588 --> 01:01:00,348
<i>Are you saying
I shouldn't allow this doctor...</i>

744
01:01:00,558 --> 01:01:03,218
to perform a miracle to save my baby?

745
01:01:03,328 --> 01:01:05,948
We don't get to demand miracles.

746
01:01:06,058 --> 01:01:08,718
Honey, God has his plans.

747
01:01:09,198 --> 01:01:10,988
Maybe we just have to accept it.

748
01:01:11,098 --> 01:01:14,498
But l was so happy
when l was pregnant with Eileen.

749
01:01:15,298 --> 01:01:20,098
You know, l haven't had enough time.
Why can't God let me get to know her first?

750
01:01:20,978 --> 01:01:23,708
l mean, l don't want to go against him.

751
01:01:24,348 --> 01:01:26,578
But why can't His plan be...

752
01:01:26,878 --> 01:01:29,318
to let this doctor save her life?

753
01:01:31,288 --> 01:01:32,948
Prof. Blalock.

754
01:01:34,188 --> 01:01:37,488
Mrs. Saxon told me
you plan to operate on her baby.

755
01:01:37,788 --> 01:01:40,788
-Have you seen this child, Doctor?
-l check on her every day.

756
01:01:40,898 --> 01:01:44,488
And you're still going to proceed?
Have you had any success in the lab?

757
01:01:44,598 --> 01:01:48,928
Absolutely. l successfully performed
a shunt on a dog just two weeks ago.

758
01:01:49,038 --> 01:01:53,238
l can't imagine you're going to proceed
based on the laboratory success on a dog.

759
01:01:53,338 --> 01:01:55,638
How many people have you saved?

760
01:01:57,508 --> 01:02:00,278
So what you're saying is
you're performing an experiment...

761
01:02:00,378 --> 01:02:01,438
not an operation?

762
01:02:01,548 --> 01:02:05,418
My instincts tell me
nature made a mistake and l can fix it.

763
01:02:05,518 --> 01:02:08,788
Would you like to see
what l've been doing, Father?

764
01:02:19,568 --> 01:02:24,008
Right now my instincts tell me
perhaps you should come back another day.

765
01:02:24,408 --> 01:02:28,638
What? Your quest for glory is vain, arrogant.

766
01:02:28,738 --> 01:02:32,178
lt takes arrogance to cut someone
with a scalpel to save their life.

767
01:02:32,278 --> 01:02:36,268
l have no doubt.
But if you intervene with God's will...

768
01:02:36,588 --> 01:02:39,578
violate the purity of an innocent heart...

769
01:02:39,688 --> 01:02:43,648
the parents, not you, Doctor,
will bear the burden of guilt.

770
01:02:43,758 --> 01:02:47,348
Perhaps God is, as you say,
trying to kill this child.

771
01:02:48,058 --> 01:02:49,548
l am not.

772
01:02:53,338 --> 01:02:55,828
Look at this. The shunt gave out.

773
01:02:58,038 --> 01:03:00,058
Looks like a train wreck.

774
01:03:02,038 --> 01:03:04,408
What happened to you, Ponchos?

775
01:03:04,748 --> 01:03:07,718
-Maybe we should just stop here, Doctor.
-No.

776
01:03:09,888 --> 01:03:12,048
We using the wrong vessel?

777
01:03:14,018 --> 01:03:16,578
What the hell's going on?

778
01:03:26,468 --> 01:03:28,868
Viv, get up.

779
01:03:30,868 --> 01:03:32,838
Wake up. lt's okay.

780
01:03:34,038 --> 01:03:35,628
lt's okay, baby.

781
01:03:38,308 --> 01:03:40,708
-lt's just a nightmare.
-My God.

782
01:03:45,948 --> 01:03:48,818
Where the hell have you been, Vivien?

783
01:03:48,918 --> 01:03:52,878
l had a dream
about this white woman last night.

784
01:03:53,428 --> 01:03:55,948
Perhaps that's something
best kept to yourself.

785
01:03:56,058 --> 01:03:57,258
No.

786
01:03:57,368 --> 01:04:01,628
l knew it was Eileen Saxon.
She was all grown up.

787
01:04:02,368 --> 01:04:06,268
She was sitting there in a corner.
She was knitting...

788
01:04:07,178 --> 01:04:09,508
and she let out a baby voice...

789
01:04:10,478 --> 01:04:12,948
and she fell over dead. l couldn't see it...

790
01:04:13,048 --> 01:04:16,018
but l knew on the inside
she had a baby heart.

791
01:04:16,118 --> 01:04:20,418
-She just fell over dead.
-What the hell does that have to do with....

792
01:04:26,188 --> 01:04:29,388
The stitches didn't grow.

793
01:04:29,498 --> 01:04:34,158
When we did the shunt on Ponchos,
he was 10 pounds. He went up to 20.

794
01:04:34,268 --> 01:04:37,358
-He pulled it loose.
-l was wrong. Purse-stringing doesn't work.

795
01:04:37,468 --> 01:04:40,768
We need a new stitching technique.

796
01:04:40,908 --> 01:04:43,638
Continuous on the back wall,
interrupted on the front wall.

797
01:04:43,748 --> 01:04:45,208
That's what we need.

798
01:04:45,978 --> 01:04:48,608
And then, the shunt will grow.

799
01:04:48,918 --> 01:04:52,848
65% oxygenation.
She's deteriorating so rapidly.

800
01:04:53,188 --> 01:04:56,748
-Have we got time to practice the operation?
-We can't let up.

801
01:04:56,858 --> 01:05:00,288
-What about the new stitching technique?
-We're trying it out tomorrow.

802
01:05:04,328 --> 01:05:05,318
You have to see this.

803
01:05:05,428 --> 01:05:09,228
Vivien Thomas is operating,
assisted by the Chief of Surgery.

804
01:05:14,638 --> 01:05:17,608
Pull the inbound vein anastomosis.

805
01:05:18,578 --> 01:05:20,978
Long, slow, general arc.

806
01:05:21,078 --> 01:05:24,918
l can't see. Can you see, Vivien?
Could you adjust that lamp?

807
01:05:26,788 --> 01:05:28,978
Are the clamps still holding?

808
01:05:29,718 --> 01:05:31,718
-Yes.
-No kinking?

809
01:05:31,828 --> 01:05:32,948
None.

810
01:05:34,598 --> 01:05:36,998
All right, now for the tough part.

811
01:05:37,098 --> 01:05:40,088
Continuous sutures on the back wall...

812
01:05:41,668 --> 01:05:43,758
interrupted on the front.

813
01:05:56,348 --> 01:05:58,288
Removing bulldog clamp.

814
01:06:01,218 --> 01:06:02,688
Come on, girl.

815
01:06:03,218 --> 01:06:04,818
Come on, please.

816
01:06:06,928 --> 01:06:09,188
That's it, a little bit more.

817
01:06:09,458 --> 01:06:12,228
l can feel the flow to the lungs.

818
01:06:14,668 --> 01:06:18,228
Helen, tell the Saxons we'll be operating.

819
01:06:18,338 --> 01:06:19,668
You bet.

820
01:06:23,238 --> 01:06:24,868
You'll be ready.

821
01:06:25,078 --> 01:06:28,878
Yes, now that l've seen the master at work.

822
01:06:29,218 --> 01:06:30,878
Master of the hounds.

823
01:06:30,988 --> 01:06:33,348
Your daddy should be proud of you.

824
01:06:33,458 --> 01:06:35,048
l think he is.

825
01:06:35,418 --> 01:06:39,218
Mine was only proud of the fact
that l could wiggle my ears.

826
01:06:39,388 --> 01:06:41,948
l think he'll be proud when you operate.

827
01:06:42,058 --> 01:06:43,618
He's dead.

828
01:06:45,068 --> 01:06:47,528
The dead are with us all the time, l believe.

829
01:06:47,638 --> 01:06:49,828
Can't separate the past from the future...

830
01:06:49,938 --> 01:06:52,928
any more than you can
your right arm from your left arm.

831
01:06:53,038 --> 01:06:56,338
But, you see, they are separated...

832
01:06:57,308 --> 01:06:59,248
by this, by the heart.

833
01:06:59,678 --> 01:07:01,208
Or connected.

834
01:07:03,818 --> 01:07:05,048
Or connected.

835
01:07:15,098 --> 01:07:17,358
<i>Nolitangere.: Do not touch.</i>

836
01:07:18,328 --> 01:07:20,298
Do not touch the heart.

837
01:07:22,498 --> 01:07:25,908
We are gonna challenge
this ancient doctrinal myth...

838
01:07:26,538 --> 01:07:29,598
in this hospital. Who wants to attend?

839
01:07:33,778 --> 01:07:35,408
Dr. Swedlin?

840
01:07:37,248 --> 01:07:39,118
Dr. Philmore?

841
01:07:44,828 --> 01:07:46,488
Dr. Cooley.

842
01:07:48,728 --> 01:07:50,558
And Dr. Longmire.

843
01:07:53,438 --> 01:07:54,828
Thank you.

844
01:08:04,878 --> 01:08:07,278
You're dangling your reputation off a cliff.

845
01:08:07,378 --> 01:08:09,368
Calm down, Walter, this isn't grand opera.

846
01:08:09,478 --> 01:08:12,578
lsn't a doctor's first tenet: ''Do no harm''?

847
01:08:13,248 --> 01:08:15,048
What are you saying?

848
01:08:15,358 --> 01:08:18,118
Postpone the operation
until you have more experience.

849
01:08:18,228 --> 01:08:20,488
Postponing means
signing that baby's death warrant.

850
01:08:20,598 --> 01:08:23,328
-l will not be the one to do that.
-But they'll ruin you.

851
01:08:23,428 --> 01:08:27,368
Walter, l'm operating tomorrow.

852
01:08:31,568 --> 01:08:33,508
You're rushing this...

853
01:08:34,278 --> 01:08:36,538
because you don't want to admit
to those parents...

854
01:08:36,638 --> 01:08:38,608
that you spoke too soon.

855
01:09:02,138 --> 01:09:04,068
You should come to bed.

856
01:09:04,368 --> 01:09:05,858
l tried that.

857
01:09:09,008 --> 01:09:11,708
Can l give you a ride
to the hospital tomorrow?

858
01:09:11,808 --> 01:09:13,008
Thanks.

859
01:09:14,478 --> 01:09:18,248
l could use the lift.
l don't trust myself behind the wheel.

860
01:09:18,488 --> 01:09:21,548
Al, anybody would be nervous.

861
01:09:22,058 --> 01:09:23,548
lt's not that.

862
01:09:27,628 --> 01:09:30,558
l was just thinking
about a remark you made.

863
01:09:31,468 --> 01:09:34,028
You said l used to be wild...

864
01:09:34,168 --> 01:09:35,998
not just ambitious.

865
01:09:39,208 --> 01:09:43,538
But l wonder if my ambition
hasn't driven me wild.

866
01:10:42,298 --> 01:10:44,398
Dr. Taussig, Professor.

867
01:10:46,008 --> 01:10:49,238
l just wanted to wish good luck to everyone.

868
01:10:49,908 --> 01:10:51,568
Thank you, Vivien.

869
01:10:51,748 --> 01:10:53,268
Thanks, Vivien.

870
01:11:04,788 --> 01:11:08,818
We're going to block
that baby's pulmonary artery for 30 minutes.

871
01:11:10,928 --> 01:11:15,798
As long as her blood pressure doesn't go
below 60, l think she should be fine.

872
01:11:16,098 --> 01:11:18,538
l don't think
she can survive much lower than that.

873
01:11:18,638 --> 01:11:22,008
-lsn't that right, Dr. Harmel?
-Not below 60. That's right, Doctor.

874
01:11:22,108 --> 01:11:24,368
Dr. Blalock, they're ready.

875
01:11:29,418 --> 01:11:30,818
Doctor.

876
01:11:38,388 --> 01:11:40,148
Coming in now.

877
01:12:04,948 --> 01:12:06,708
Dr. Longmire.

878
01:12:13,658 --> 01:12:15,628
What is going on?

879
01:12:26,508 --> 01:12:28,368
They won't page him.

880
01:12:28,908 --> 01:12:31,838
-Why not?
-Something about hospital policy.

881
01:12:34,848 --> 01:12:37,038
Page Vivien Thomas immediately.

882
01:12:37,148 --> 01:12:38,978
Dr. Blalock, what's wrong?
What's happened?

883
01:12:39,078 --> 01:12:41,638
lt's all right.
l won't tell you again. Page him.

884
01:12:41,748 --> 01:12:45,688
-We're only allowed to page doctors.
-Give me that, goddamn you.

885
01:12:46,888 --> 01:12:50,058
Vivien Thomas, paging Vivien Thomas.

886
01:12:50,158 --> 01:12:53,998
<i>You're wanted in OR right now.
Come on the run, do you hear?</i>

887
01:12:54,098 --> 01:12:55,898
This is Blalock.

888
01:12:56,668 --> 01:12:58,358
-Thank you.
-Good luck.

889
01:13:06,778 --> 01:13:08,608
Jesus.

890
01:13:09,648 --> 01:13:11,548
About time. Scrub up.

891
01:13:11,648 --> 01:13:13,638
-Scrub up?
-You're coming in with me.

892
01:13:13,748 --> 01:13:16,408
Would you find Mr. Thomas
something to stand on?

893
01:13:16,518 --> 01:13:18,388
What for, Doctor?

894
01:13:18,488 --> 01:13:21,478
You're talking me through this.
Now scrub up.

895
01:13:33,108 --> 01:13:34,828
What's he doing here?

896
01:13:35,438 --> 01:13:38,378
-What the hell is that?
-l'll see about this.

897
01:13:40,008 --> 01:13:42,068
Should we say a prayer?

898
01:13:42,178 --> 01:13:44,738
Forget it. He won't listen to me.

899
01:13:45,078 --> 01:13:47,138
Dr. Blalock, a word.

900
01:13:47,248 --> 01:13:50,518
-You can resume your duties.
-These are his duties.

901
01:13:54,458 --> 01:13:56,688
-Can you see now?
-Yes, Doctor.

902
01:13:59,528 --> 01:14:02,018
Okay, l think we're ready to start.

903
01:14:04,468 --> 01:14:08,098
Okay, we're going in.

904
01:14:15,908 --> 01:14:18,968
lt's going to be all right. lt'll be just fine.

905
01:14:20,348 --> 01:14:22,118
She'll be all right.

906
01:14:24,788 --> 01:14:27,848
lncising the mediastinum pleura...

907
01:14:27,958 --> 01:14:30,788
from the main left pulmonary artery.

908
01:14:30,898 --> 01:14:33,298
To the apex of the pleural space.

909
01:14:33,398 --> 01:14:36,388
l'm dissecting the pulmonary artery.

910
01:14:36,498 --> 01:14:38,628
Well back into the mediastinum.

911
01:14:38,738 --> 01:14:40,568
This all right, Vivien?

912
01:14:40,838 --> 01:14:42,428
That looks fine.

913
01:14:44,038 --> 01:14:45,938
The right angle clamp.

914
01:14:58,858 --> 01:15:00,948
Okay, l think it's holding.

915
01:15:01,058 --> 01:15:03,988
Are you able to deliver
to the left subclavian artery?

916
01:15:04,098 --> 01:15:06,388
l believe so. Blood pressure?

917
01:15:06,498 --> 01:15:08,428
70, falling.

918
01:15:09,228 --> 01:15:11,398
Do not move that light.

919
01:15:16,338 --> 01:15:17,738
And now...

920
01:15:19,778 --> 01:15:21,908
-l'm dividing the--
-Careful.

921
01:15:26,848 --> 01:15:29,338
-Clamp it.
-l can't reach it, Doctor.

922
01:15:30,958 --> 01:15:34,018
l got it. Hemorrhage controlled.

923
01:15:35,358 --> 01:15:37,288
Can you see, Doctor?

924
01:15:37,928 --> 01:15:39,918
Not really. Nurse.

925
01:15:50,078 --> 01:15:52,268
For goodness sake,
can't you even see my ears?

926
01:15:52,378 --> 01:15:53,868
Sorry, Doctor.

927
01:15:55,748 --> 01:15:57,008
Suture.

928
01:16:09,688 --> 01:16:12,458
-Blood pressure is 68.
-Yes, go on.

929
01:16:12,828 --> 01:16:14,528
Watch the carotid.

930
01:16:15,368 --> 01:16:17,488
Yes, traction on the suture.

931
01:16:17,598 --> 01:16:20,398
Okay, now the clamp Vivien made.

932
01:16:21,108 --> 01:16:23,628
-What clamp?
-The one just there.

933
01:16:23,738 --> 01:16:25,398
Right there, yes.

934
01:16:27,708 --> 01:16:30,198
We're about to connect the shunt.

935
01:16:30,648 --> 01:16:32,548
Blood pressure is 60.

936
01:16:33,848 --> 01:16:35,288
No, 59.

937
01:16:35,388 --> 01:16:37,408
l know, l'm almost there.

938
01:16:45,998 --> 01:16:48,798
Now front, interrupted.

939
01:16:50,638 --> 01:16:53,628
That's good, Doctor. Just a little more now.

940
01:17:09,648 --> 01:17:11,818
Removing the bulldog clamp.

941
01:17:14,858 --> 01:17:18,658
-l see some bleeding right--
-l know, l see it, too. Suture.

942
01:17:27,208 --> 01:17:30,298
-No, Doctor, the other way.
-Yes.

943
01:17:32,678 --> 01:17:34,578
Good, you got it now.

944
01:17:38,018 --> 01:17:39,878
Bleeding controlled.

945
01:17:41,448 --> 01:17:44,148
l'm palpating the connection.

946
01:17:45,458 --> 01:17:47,148
What do you feel?

947
01:17:52,598 --> 01:17:55,588
l can't tell
if blood is flowing through the shunt.

948
01:17:55,698 --> 01:17:58,258
lt's just too small to feel anything.

949
01:17:58,368 --> 01:18:01,268
Dr. Blalock, you have to see this.

950
01:18:15,148 --> 01:18:16,548
My God.

951
01:18:24,198 --> 01:18:26,488
Her blood pressure is rising.

952
01:18:27,368 --> 01:18:30,058
Evacuate the blood in the chest cavity.

953
01:18:30,168 --> 01:18:31,858
Put in the chest tube.

954
01:18:31,968 --> 01:18:34,908
Are we inflating the left lung with oxygen?

955
01:18:35,738 --> 01:18:37,468
Ready for closure.

956
01:18:50,088 --> 01:18:51,578
Who would have thought it possible?

957
01:18:51,688 --> 01:18:55,518
Heart surgery.
And we did it right here in Johns Hopkins.

958
01:18:58,858 --> 01:19:02,588
-Thank you, Dr. Blalock.
-Thank you so much.

959
01:19:13,038 --> 01:19:14,938
l knew you could do it.

960
01:19:17,348 --> 01:19:19,818
-Some operation.
-Amazing.

961
01:19:19,918 --> 01:19:24,048
That child's chances were so slim.
Took a hell of a surgeon to pull her through.

962
01:19:24,158 --> 01:19:26,778
He was lucky
to have that nigger in there with him.

963
01:19:26,888 --> 01:19:28,718
Thomas sure saved his ass.

964
01:19:29,658 --> 01:19:32,428
l'd like to see him try it without him.

965
01:19:42,068 --> 01:19:44,368
You did well in there, Vivien.

966
01:19:45,678 --> 01:19:47,108
Thank you.

967
01:19:52,118 --> 01:19:55,178
You performed an excellent surgery, Doctor.

968
01:19:55,318 --> 01:19:56,508
Yes.

969
01:19:58,688 --> 01:20:00,278
l think l did.

970
01:20:31,188 --> 01:20:35,848
Please, l understand. This is a hospital.
Can you please keep your voices down?

971
01:20:36,258 --> 01:20:38,988
l can understand how you all must feel...

972
01:20:39,098 --> 01:20:42,558
but we have been overwhelmed
with children from all across the country...

973
01:20:42,668 --> 01:20:45,468
and then there's just one doctor
to perform these operations.

974
01:20:45,568 --> 01:20:48,098
So if you could just go
to the administration office...

975
01:20:48,208 --> 01:20:51,108
they'll accommodate all of you
into Dr. Blalock's schedule...

976
01:20:51,208 --> 01:20:52,468
as soon as possible.

977
01:20:52,578 --> 01:20:55,008
All right? l'm terribly sorry.

978
01:20:56,778 --> 01:21:00,218
Making the first incision.

979
01:21:05,418 --> 01:21:07,688
-Are you there, Vivien?
-Yes, l'm here.

980
01:21:10,028 --> 01:21:12,958
Thank you for the opportunity to observe,
Dr. Blalock.

981
01:21:13,058 --> 01:21:15,688
-lt's an honor, Doctor.
-Again, excellent work, gentlemen.

982
01:21:15,798 --> 01:21:18,028
Thank you, Helen.
May l introduce my colleagues...

983
01:21:18,138 --> 01:21:22,938
Dr. Helen Taussig, Vivien Thomas.
This is Dr. Craford, from Stockholm...

984
01:21:23,038 --> 01:21:25,868
-and Dr. Petrovsky from Leningrad.
-Honored to meet you.

985
01:21:25,978 --> 01:21:30,348
You have given surgeons around the world
great courage with your deeds.

986
01:21:30,448 --> 01:21:35,178
Coming from such an eminent surgeon
as yourself, that is a compliment, indeed.

987
01:21:35,488 --> 01:21:37,848
lt's been a great pleasure to meet you,
Dr. Taussig.

988
01:21:37,958 --> 01:21:39,788
-Thank you.
-Dr. Thomas.

989
01:21:39,888 --> 01:21:42,378
Call me Mr. Thomas, or Vivien.

990
01:21:43,088 --> 01:21:44,858
You're not a doctor?

991
01:21:44,958 --> 01:21:48,058
No, l just work here with Dr. Blalock.

992
01:21:48,798 --> 01:21:51,268
Can we please have
all the doctors who participated...

993
01:21:51,368 --> 01:21:54,068
in the ''blue baby'' operation in this shot?

994
01:21:54,538 --> 01:21:59,138
There's a young woman who hitchhiked
from Appalachia with her son.

995
01:21:59,478 --> 01:22:03,208
And l think his blood levels
may be low enough to test.

996
01:22:03,578 --> 01:22:06,238
Talk to Dr. Taussig about scheduling him in.

997
01:22:06,348 --> 01:22:10,338
lf you'd all turn and face the center, please,
like Dr. Longmire.

998
01:22:11,488 --> 01:22:13,248
-Helen.
-Very good.

999
01:22:14,058 --> 01:22:17,258
Thank you,
now focus your attention here, please.

1000
01:22:17,798 --> 01:22:20,698
Smile, focus here. Hold that.

1001
01:22:21,598 --> 01:22:25,188
Good. Now if we could have
one of you alone, Dr. Blalock.

1002
01:22:30,438 --> 01:22:33,268
Very good, sir. Focus here, if you would.

1003
01:22:33,538 --> 01:22:35,538
Here we go, Doctor.

1004
01:22:38,348 --> 01:22:40,178
Thank you very much.

1005
01:22:50,798 --> 01:22:54,928
They're nice pictures, aren't they?
They always have nice pictures.

1006
01:22:55,028 --> 01:22:59,438
Just 'cause you're not in the news
doesn't mean you weren't there, Viv.

1007
01:23:07,808 --> 01:23:09,338
l'll be back.

1008
01:23:45,978 --> 01:23:48,578
<i>A man who is a real pioneer...</i>

1009
01:23:48,688 --> 01:23:52,138
<i>a gambler who takes all the right risks...</i>

1010
01:23:52,258 --> 01:23:56,158
<i>who's rescued untold lives
with his work in shock...</i>

1011
01:23:56,488 --> 01:24:00,618
<i>and has gone on to challenge
the entire medical establishment...</i>

1012
01:24:00,728 --> 01:24:03,458
<i>to reconsider an age-old taboo...</i>

1013
01:24:04,498 --> 01:24:08,028
<i>in performing the world's first heart surgery.</i>

1014
01:24:09,408 --> 01:24:13,038
<i>Now, without embarrassing myself,
I'd like to introduce...</i>

1015
01:24:13,138 --> 01:24:17,138
<i>a man who has undeniably
brought a dash of pink...</i>

1016
01:24:17,278 --> 01:24:19,308
<i>to the cheeks of others.</i>

1017
01:24:19,778 --> 01:24:22,008
<i>Dr. Alfred Blalock.</i>

1018
01:24:49,478 --> 01:24:52,448
<i>Thank you. I am indeed honored.</i>

1019
01:24:55,518 --> 01:24:57,548
<i>And while I am grateful...</i>

1020
01:24:58,388 --> 01:25:02,488
<i>for the many gifts
that have been given to me in my life...</i>

1021
01:25:04,858 --> 01:25:08,488
<i>perhaps the greatest gift
has been the support...</i>

1022
01:25:09,128 --> 01:25:11,898
<i>of my colleagues over this last year.</i>

1023
01:25:12,468 --> 01:25:14,898
<i>My good friend, Walter Dandy.</i>

1024
01:25:16,438 --> 01:25:20,998
<i>The wonderful, brilliant colleagues
who assisted me in our operation.:</i>

1025
01:25:22,678 --> 01:25:24,648
<i>Dr. Helen Taussig...</i>

1026
01:25:24,748 --> 01:25:26,608
<i>Dr. William Longmire...</i>

1027
01:25:27,148 --> 01:25:28,878
<i>Dr. Denton Cooley...</i>

1028
01:25:28,988 --> 01:25:30,978
<i>Dr. Mel Harmel.</i>

1029
01:25:31,688 --> 01:25:33,178
<i>I believe...</i>

1030
01:25:33,858 --> 01:25:37,088
<i>one group of people
could not have accomplished...</i>

1031
01:25:37,728 --> 01:25:42,458
<i>so much in so little time
without a strong, unified effort...</i>

1032
01:25:44,238 --> 01:25:47,568
<i>in the spirit of breaking new ground...</i>

1033
01:25:48,668 --> 01:25:49,998
<i>together.</i>

1034
01:25:51,608 --> 01:25:56,238
<i>To further the reach of medicine
is one that should be cherished...</i>

1035
01:25:58,148 --> 01:26:00,138
<i>and never allowed to die.</i>

1036
01:26:23,808 --> 01:26:25,708
What the hell is this?

1037
01:26:26,878 --> 01:26:29,068
l need to do something different.

1038
01:26:30,108 --> 01:26:31,948
What about our work?

1039
01:26:32,878 --> 01:26:36,288
You got all of those other people
you were thanking.

1040
01:26:36,948 --> 01:26:39,118
What are you talking about?

1041
01:26:41,328 --> 01:26:43,048
Belvedere Hotel.

1042
01:26:43,728 --> 01:26:46,658
The Belvedere is segregated.
You were there?

1043
01:26:47,768 --> 01:26:50,998
Snuck in, just like a bellhop.

1044
01:26:51,098 --> 01:26:54,158
ls that what this is about,
hobnobbing with the powers that be?

1045
01:26:54,268 --> 01:26:56,398
Vivien, they will never
let you into their club.

1046
01:26:56,508 --> 01:26:59,998
lt is naive to think otherwise.
Will you stand still?

1047
01:27:01,948 --> 01:27:04,968
l'm not talking about them.
l'm not talking about Hopkins.

1048
01:27:05,078 --> 01:27:07,018
l'm talking about you.

1049
01:27:07,248 --> 01:27:08,378
Me?

1050
01:27:10,418 --> 01:27:14,288
What have l ever done
except fight in your corner?

1051
01:27:16,128 --> 01:27:19,058
l have taken you every step of the way
with me...

1052
01:27:19,158 --> 01:27:22,528
and now you want to throw all that away?
For what?

1053
01:27:23,568 --> 01:27:26,298
ls that any way to show your gratitude?

1054
01:27:26,398 --> 01:27:28,898
l don't know. You tell me, Doctor.

1055
01:27:29,368 --> 01:27:33,238
Vivien, take pride in the fact
you have power in your mind...

1056
01:27:33,338 --> 01:27:34,828
and in your heart.

1057
01:27:34,948 --> 01:27:37,778
-And in my hands.
-Exactly, in your hands.

1058
01:27:41,688 --> 01:27:43,748
We made history together.

1059
01:27:45,288 --> 01:27:47,188
We changed the world.

1060
01:27:53,098 --> 01:27:54,588
The world.

1061
01:27:58,298 --> 01:28:00,458
l'm invisible to the world.

1062
01:28:00,868 --> 01:28:03,528
l don't mind that. l understand that.

1063
01:28:05,778 --> 01:28:08,368
l thought it was different in here.

1064
01:28:23,558 --> 01:28:26,088
<i>Mr. Thomas, I'm a little confused.</i>

1065
01:28:26,328 --> 01:28:28,958
<i>Now you want college credit
for Morgan State...</i>

1066
01:28:30,228 --> 01:28:31,698
<i>without actually taking classes?</i>

1067
01:28:31,798 --> 01:28:33,828
ln certain courses, yes.

1068
01:28:33,938 --> 01:28:36,908
l'll take the test. l'll take finals...

1069
01:28:37,108 --> 01:28:40,738
Chemistry, Biochemistry, Science, Physics.

1070
01:28:40,848 --> 01:28:43,748
Also, l can get the credit
for material l already know.

1071
01:28:43,848 --> 01:28:47,048
l need to get through college
a little more quickly...

1072
01:28:47,148 --> 01:28:49,448
so l can get on to med school.

1073
01:28:49,548 --> 01:28:51,378
And so you actually participated...

1074
01:28:51,488 --> 01:28:54,048
in all this groundbreaking research,
Mr. Thomas?

1075
01:28:54,158 --> 01:28:55,818
Yes, l did.

1076
01:28:56,258 --> 01:28:59,988
l'm afraid it just doesn't work like that.

1077
01:29:00,428 --> 01:29:02,798
You'll have to start with Freshman English.

1078
01:29:02,898 --> 01:29:05,728
Social Science, maybe.

1079
01:29:05,838 --> 01:29:08,598
l don't have time for that.

1080
01:29:08,968 --> 01:29:11,028
l'm 35 years old.

1081
01:29:14,308 --> 01:29:17,208
You're saying
that l have to start at the beginning?

1082
01:29:18,678 --> 01:29:22,378
Yes, Mr. Thomas.
l'm afraid that is in fact what l'm saying.

1083
01:29:22,488 --> 01:29:26,578
l thought this institution
provided opportunity for colored people?

1084
01:29:27,288 --> 01:29:29,988
l have a wife, two young daughters, son.

1085
01:29:30,088 --> 01:29:33,118
And l've been working in my field for over....

1086
01:29:33,658 --> 01:29:37,728
Almost 15 years now.
l'm from Nashville, l came....

1087
01:30:04,058 --> 01:30:06,048
And what can l do for you?

1088
01:30:06,558 --> 01:30:10,758
My name is Vivien Thomas.
l work for the Ralph Wintham company.

1089
01:30:10,868 --> 01:30:15,398
We have a line of pharmaceuticals,
particularly antacids.

1090
01:30:15,508 --> 01:30:18,268
We already have a supplier of antacids.

1091
01:30:19,338 --> 01:30:24,208
Yes, well, these antacids
block against gastroesophageal reflux...

1092
01:30:24,548 --> 01:30:27,848
-without any adverse side effect--
-Vivien Thomas.

1093
01:30:29,088 --> 01:30:31,448
The fellow with the blue babies?

1094
01:30:32,358 --> 01:30:35,918
A patient of mine who works at the hospital
told me about you.

1095
01:30:36,128 --> 01:30:40,218
Hopkins is doing well
because of what you did for them...

1096
01:30:41,898 --> 01:30:43,588
and here you are.

1097
01:30:46,038 --> 01:30:49,488
l don't have anything against the hospital.

1098
01:30:51,008 --> 01:30:54,068
l'm just working in medicine
in a different way now.

1099
01:30:58,178 --> 01:31:00,548
Let's see what other lines you have.

1100
01:31:00,648 --> 01:31:03,618
Yes, we have effervescent powder here....

1101
01:31:13,228 --> 01:31:16,168
Oh, William, look who's here?

1102
01:31:16,928 --> 01:31:20,498
-Hello.
-Say hi to Grandma.

1103
01:31:21,438 --> 01:31:24,098
My goodness.

1104
01:31:25,578 --> 01:31:28,738
How you doing, sweetheart? Look at him.

1105
01:31:33,978 --> 01:31:38,008
Stop running. Go up and wash your hands.
And you bring your little sister down.

1106
01:31:38,118 --> 01:31:40,348
And be careful on them steps.

1107
01:31:40,818 --> 01:31:42,548
What about construction?

1108
01:31:42,658 --> 01:31:45,458
l keep asking him. ''Thomas and Thomas.''

1109
01:31:45,798 --> 01:31:48,028
With the building boom, we could clean up.

1110
01:31:48,128 --> 01:31:50,568
Now, he know l can't saw a plank
worth a damn.

1111
01:31:50,668 --> 01:31:52,468
-Yeah, that's the truth.
-Yeah, Dad.

1112
01:31:52,568 --> 01:31:56,058
l did see that mailbox
leaning to the side a little bit.

1113
01:31:56,368 --> 01:31:59,268
l don't understand
why you quit teaching in the first place.

1114
01:31:59,378 --> 01:32:01,938
l never really liked the classroom
that much, Clara.

1115
01:32:02,048 --> 01:32:03,168
Too many kids.

1116
01:32:03,278 --> 01:32:05,978
But you fought all those years,
and you won the case, so--

1117
01:32:06,078 --> 01:32:07,378
Exactly.

1118
01:32:07,478 --> 01:32:11,278
And quitting now means
you've just wasted a whole lot of time.

1119
01:32:11,388 --> 01:32:14,688
-No--
-l don't think it's a waste of time.

1120
01:32:15,088 --> 01:32:17,618
lf Harold wasn't down there
doing what he was doing...

1121
01:32:17,728 --> 01:32:20,958
there'd still be a lot of colored teachers
down there getting cheated.

1122
01:32:21,068 --> 01:32:23,228
l think they ought to
name a school after him.

1123
01:32:23,328 --> 01:32:25,428
Yeah. Harold Thomas High.

1124
01:32:26,268 --> 01:32:27,738
-Harold Thomas High.
-Hear, hear.

1125
01:32:27,838 --> 01:32:31,998
No, most of these young teachers,
they don't know anything about that strike.

1126
01:32:32,108 --> 01:32:34,038
They take their equal paycheck for granted.

1127
01:32:34,138 --> 01:32:35,438
Harold, you're full of excuses.

1128
01:32:35,548 --> 01:32:38,408
There's no point
in waiting for the world to thank you.

1129
01:32:38,518 --> 01:32:40,108
That bus ain't never going to come.

1130
01:32:40,218 --> 01:32:42,878
-Amen to that.
-l'm not waiting, Pop.

1131
01:32:43,148 --> 01:32:46,148
l'm just looking for something
that excites me as much as...

1132
01:32:46,318 --> 01:32:48,418
hammering nails pleases you.

1133
01:32:56,498 --> 01:32:59,058
<i>Viv, Jeopardy is on.</i>

1134
01:32:59,598 --> 01:33:01,628
l'll be in in a minute.

1135
01:33:04,238 --> 01:33:05,498
You okay?

1136
01:33:06,878 --> 01:33:08,108
l'm fine.

1137
01:33:08,948 --> 01:33:11,638
Stomach's bothering me a little bit,
but l'm fine.

1138
01:33:11,748 --> 01:33:15,878
Why don't you take those fancy antacid pills
that you always brag about?

1139
01:33:19,018 --> 01:33:20,718
lt's your brother?

1140
01:33:22,428 --> 01:33:26,188
l miss him. l miss the old Harold.

1141
01:33:27,628 --> 01:33:29,568
Seems a little lost now.

1142
01:33:29,828 --> 01:33:31,228
l miss you.

1143
01:33:34,738 --> 01:33:36,928
Still got my mind in that lab.

1144
01:33:38,438 --> 01:33:41,668
lt's not just your mind, Viv.
lt's your heart, too.

1145
01:33:43,448 --> 01:33:46,308
l don't know
what l'm supposed to do, Clara.

1146
01:33:46,578 --> 01:33:49,018
l think l've embarrassed myself enough.

1147
01:33:49,718 --> 01:33:52,778
l can't go back in there
with my tail between my legs.

1148
01:33:52,888 --> 01:33:55,518
lt's where you belong, Vivien Thomas.

1149
01:33:55,628 --> 01:33:59,148
So how you walk back on in there,
well, that's up to you.

1150
01:34:03,698 --> 01:34:04,728
Yes?

1151
01:34:10,438 --> 01:34:12,928
Doctor. Good morning.

1152
01:34:23,648 --> 01:34:25,818
How was your trip to Europe?

1153
01:34:28,158 --> 01:34:30,318
lt was very gratifying...

1154
01:34:30,428 --> 01:34:34,518
and how well it seems
to have stood on its feet...

1155
01:34:34,898 --> 01:34:36,588
for this moment in time.

1156
01:34:39,998 --> 01:34:42,298
What can l do for you, Vivien?

1157
01:34:42,408 --> 01:34:44,238
l've made a mistake...

1158
01:34:47,008 --> 01:34:49,638
and l would like my old position back.

1159
01:34:50,808 --> 01:34:53,538
And how's it going to be any different?

1160
01:34:55,088 --> 01:34:58,708
l'm still the same self-righteous bastard.

1161
01:35:00,588 --> 01:35:02,418
lt's not about you.

1162
01:35:03,888 --> 01:35:05,758
lt's about the work.

1163
01:35:10,228 --> 01:35:11,898
l like the work.

1164
01:36:16,128 --> 01:36:18,618
Mr. Thomas, we've got an animal
going into shock here.

1165
01:36:18,738 --> 01:36:19,998
What do we do, sir?

1166
01:36:20,098 --> 01:36:24,538
Did you try clamping off
the lateral part of the atrium?

1167
01:36:24,638 --> 01:36:26,968
Yeah, hold it right there.

1168
01:36:27,078 --> 01:36:29,638
-Careful.
-Okay.

1169
01:36:32,248 --> 01:36:35,178
Yeah. You handled yourself
well there, Doctor.

1170
01:36:35,288 --> 01:36:37,248
-That's good.
-Thank you.

1171
01:36:40,588 --> 01:36:42,178
lt started--

1172
01:36:42,558 --> 01:36:46,188
There was a message for you, Mr. Thomas.
Dr. Blalock wanted to see you.

1173
01:36:46,498 --> 01:36:47,958
l'm sorry. Would you....

1174
01:36:48,068 --> 01:36:51,658
-Tell him l'll see him--
-He's about to leave for the day.

1175
01:36:52,538 --> 01:36:55,368
Honey, l have to call you back. Okay.

1176
01:37:03,878 --> 01:37:05,578
How's your girls?

1177
01:37:05,678 --> 01:37:10,208
They're fine. They're doing well.
Theo's in Morgan State now.

1178
01:37:11,288 --> 01:37:14,118
-That must feel good.
-Yes.

1179
01:37:16,528 --> 01:37:18,548
How are things with you?

1180
01:37:23,128 --> 01:37:27,658
l've had the unfortunate experience
of being put in the hands of a surgeon.

1181
01:37:36,478 --> 01:37:39,038
You have something on your mind, Doctor?

1182
01:37:39,148 --> 01:37:42,408
Yes, Columbia's been dangling
an offer to teach...

1183
01:37:42,518 --> 01:37:44,448
but l wanted to talk to you first.

1184
01:37:44,558 --> 01:37:46,788
l really would like you to come with me.

1185
01:37:46,888 --> 01:37:50,618
They know about your work.
You could write your own ticket.

1186
01:37:51,898 --> 01:37:54,958
lt's hard to imagine being there without you.

1187
01:37:58,468 --> 01:38:01,128
l thank you for thinking of me, Doctor.

1188
01:38:02,868 --> 01:38:05,068
l think l should stay here.

1189
01:38:07,308 --> 01:38:11,768
We could do great things there.
Wouldn't it be fun to do it one more time?

1190
01:38:11,978 --> 01:38:13,568
One more time.

1191
01:38:17,118 --> 01:38:19,018
l like what l'm doing.

1192
01:38:19,558 --> 01:38:23,418
Teaching, helping people along.
Working with the young doctors.

1193
01:38:25,058 --> 01:38:26,928
l like it here at Hopkins.

1194
01:38:27,028 --> 01:38:31,558
Yeah, l guess you got your own things
going on here now.

1195
01:38:32,468 --> 01:38:34,328
l recognize this man.

1196
01:38:35,508 --> 01:38:39,168
-Man looks very distinguished up there.
-Thank you, Vivien.

1197
01:38:39,738 --> 01:38:43,578
-That was a while ago.
-Yeah. l'm feeling the years now.

1198
01:38:45,078 --> 01:38:46,518
Yes.

1199
01:38:47,848 --> 01:38:49,478
We all are now.

1200
01:38:55,228 --> 01:38:57,018
You know, Vivien...

1201
01:38:59,758 --> 01:39:02,358
they say you haven't really lived...

1202
01:39:03,798 --> 01:39:06,198
unless you have a lot to regret.

1203
01:39:10,638 --> 01:39:12,908
l regret....

1204
01:39:17,308 --> 01:39:19,148
l have some regrets.

1205
01:39:27,988 --> 01:39:31,258
But l think we should remember
not what we lost...

1206
01:39:33,398 --> 01:39:35,158
but what we've done.

1207
01:39:37,368 --> 01:39:40,028
All the lives we saved, and we did.

1208
01:39:42,538 --> 01:39:45,008
We saved plenty, didn't we, Vivien?

1209
01:39:45,408 --> 01:39:46,878
Yes, we did.

1210
01:39:54,378 --> 01:39:55,478
No.

1211
01:40:12,798 --> 01:40:14,498
<i>Vivien, it's Helen.</i>

1212
01:40:15,968 --> 01:40:18,028
<i>I'm sorry to tell you...</i>

1213
01:40:18,138 --> 01:40:21,298
that Dr. Blalock passed away in his sleep
last night.

1214
01:40:21,478 --> 01:40:25,438
<i>We see death every day.
It doesn't make it any easier, does it?</i>

1215
01:40:27,318 --> 01:40:29,548
<i>I'm very sorry.</i>

1216
01:40:55,408 --> 01:40:56,808
<i>Today, we honor someone...</i>

1217
01:40:56,908 --> 01:40:59,398
<i>who never took a course
in medical school...</i>

1218
01:40:59,518 --> 01:41:03,278
<i>and still became
one of our greatest teachers of medicine.</i>

1219
01:41:04,688 --> 01:41:07,988
<i>This individual
helped change the way we understand...</i>

1220
01:41:08,088 --> 01:41:10,558
<i>how the human heart works forever.</i>

1221
01:41:11,628 --> 01:41:14,288
<i>And now I'm honored to read.:</i>

1222
01:41:16,128 --> 01:41:20,228
<i>''The Board of Regents of this,
the Johns Hopkins University...</i>

1223
01:41:20,498 --> 01:41:24,238
<i>''in consideration
of an innovative scientist...</i>

1224
01:41:24,978 --> 01:41:29,408
<i>''an outstanding teacher,
and a skilled clinical technician...</i>

1225
01:41:29,908 --> 01:41:33,138
<i>''has this day
awarded this honorary doctorate...</i>

1226
01:41:34,578 --> 01:41:36,548
<i>''to Mr. Vivien Thomas. ''</i>

1227
01:41:57,138 --> 01:41:59,268
Congratulations, Dr. Thomas.

1228
01:42:17,958 --> 01:42:19,928
<i>Thank you, Dr. Taussig.</i>

1229
01:42:22,328 --> 01:42:25,318
<i>I'm not accustomed
to being in the limelight.</i>

1230
01:42:26,598 --> 01:42:28,998
<i>So being placed in the position...</i>

1231
01:42:29,408 --> 01:42:31,528
<i>I find myself in now...</i>

1232
01:42:32,508 --> 01:42:35,338
<i>makes me quite humble...</i>

1233
01:42:35,448 --> 01:42:38,038
<i>and a little proud.</i>

1234
01:42:39,518 --> 01:42:42,378
<i>When I put my hammer and saw down...</i>

1235
01:42:43,688 --> 01:42:45,248
<i>40 years ago...</i>

1236
01:42:46,258 --> 01:42:50,118
<i>and was offered an opportunity
to work with a young surgeon...</i>

1237
01:42:50,888 --> 01:42:52,518
<i>I had no idea...</i>

1238
01:42:54,658 --> 01:42:59,328
<i>that I'd be able to make a mark
on an institution as prestigious as this one.</i>

1239
01:42:59,498 --> 01:43:01,438
<i>I had no idea that I...</i>

1240
01:43:02,168 --> 01:43:05,938
<i>would have any contribution
to make to medicine...</i>

1241
01:43:06,678 --> 01:43:11,198
<i>that would merit this type of recognition.</i>

1242
01:43:16,318 --> 01:43:20,808
<i>I simply say thank you to all of my family...</i>

1243
01:43:22,058 --> 01:43:24,618
<i>and all of my friends who are here...</i>

1244
01:43:26,228 --> 01:43:30,128
<i>and to all of my friends
who could not be here.</i>

1245
01:43:30,868 --> 01:43:32,798
<i>I thank you very much.</i>

1246
01:43:44,408 --> 01:43:46,968
<i>This is also a special occasion...</i>

1247
01:43:47,248 --> 01:43:50,308
<i>to mark the unveiling
of your likeness, Vivien.</i>

1248
01:45:20,178 --> 01:45:23,938
<i>Paging Dr. Thomas.
Dr. Vivien Thomas to the boardroom, please.</i>