Something the Lord Made..airing this Sunday at 9 P.M. Title came from Dr. Albert Blalock's Black assistant, Vivien Thomas...who made a shunt he stiches into a dog's heart. Movies opens in 1930 with Dr. Blalock hires thomas at Vanderbilt UniversityThomas was a great carpenter and was put to work performing experimentl surgeries on dogs. and Blalock takes him with to Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1943.. I don't have HBO. Wish I did. Review says most doctors today have never heard of Vivien thomas. Bonnie