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Box 237

File: Maude Abbott Letters – A

• [Unidentified] pages of handwritten bibliographic references handwritten in pencil. – n.d. – 12 pages [small notebook size]. • Arthur, R. Abel. – Orange Memorial Hospital, New Jersey. – May 14, 1940. – 1 page. “Recently a congenital anomaly found at autopsy was described to me. Since the was not removed I can only describe the findings. The infant which was cyanotic at birth, breathed with great difficulty and died within twenty-four hours with signs of cardiac failure. At autopsy the heart muscle was congested and the heart itself was moderately dilated…the only abnormal finding was in the pulmonary artery where above each sinus of valsalva there was a long narrow slit extending cleanly through the wall of the pulmonary artery…” • Reply to Abel. – May 25, 1940. – 1 page. “I know of no instance in which such slit-like openings have been observed in the pulmonary artery in this situation. The first idea that presents itself is this might be artifacts produced accidentally…” • Albright, Fuller. – Massachusetts Gen. Hospital, Boston. – March 14, 1932. – 1 page. “I recently had a case of right-sided arch of the aorta with esophageal obstruction. I found a case in the German literature, which seems identical with my case, in which the obstruction was apparently due to the right subclavian artery passing behind the esophagus. Have you any cases in your museum which illustrate this point?” • Reply to Albright. – March 19, 1932. – 1 page. “Regarding your case of right aortic artery arch, I might say that while an anomalous right subclavian artery does cause oesophageal obstruction, which is not commonly associated with right aortic arch, and unless you have some definite reason to suspect this combination, I think the obstruction is more likely to be cause by the obliterated ligamentum arteriosum which passes from the right arch to the left pulmonary artery behind the oesophagus and trachea, and has been known to cause obstruction in a number of cases…” • Allen, Jr., Fred H. – Newton Center, Mass. – December 4, 1934 to May 12, 1935. – 6 pages. – 1 drawing [on small card]. – 1 postal receipt. Correspondence between Abbott and Allen related to his first year thesis at Harvard University. He requires bibliographic references to similar cases for his paper. “I have a heart of which was removed at autopsy from a child of seven months old who died of the heart condition, and I am planning to write it up for the thesis. The heart shows defect of the

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interventricular septum at the membranous portion; pulmonary atresia; and small patent foramen ovale. It is my plan to attempt an embryological explanation of the condition, and I must procure my data from ‘original’ publications…” • Anderson, H. B. – Conemaugh Valley Mem. Hospital, Johnstown, Pa. – August 5, 1929. – 1 page. • Anderson, H. B. – Conemaugh Valley Mem. Hospital, Johnstown, Pa. – August 13, 1929. – 1 page Two letters related to the heart of “a baby that lived five days and died of congenital heart disease…this child gave a history of cyanosis and attacks of dyspnoea; somewhat simulating thymus disease although the thymus was not unusually large…” • Armstrong, A. R. – Mountain Sanitorium, Hamilton, Ont. – January 26, 1938. – 1 page. – 1 drawing in pencil. Regarding a case of “coarctation of the aorta with bicuspid …” • Reply to Armstrong. – February 2, 1938. • Ash, Rachel. – , Pa. – March 14, 1935. – 1 page. Requesting a reprint and the presence of Abbott in Philadelphia at a clinic Ash is presenting. • Reply to Ash. – March 20, 1935. – 1 page.

File: Maude Abbott letters – B

• Bagnall, A.W. -- University of . -- June 20, 1939. -- 2 pages. Regarding “autopsy on female infant who had been cyanosed for five days of her existence. Delivery was spontaneous and occurred at full- term…there was complete situs inversus of the thoratic and abdominal viscera, with the exception of the heart…” • Reply to Bagnall. – June 30, 1939. – 2 pages. • Bassen, Edward J. – June 8, 1923. – 1 page. Sending a picture “of a congenital heart which might prove interesting to you in view of your recent article.” • Reply to Bassen. – July 26, 1923. – 2 pages. • Envelope mailed from Blackford to Abbott. – 1929. • Blackford, Milford, L. – Atlanta, Georgia. – September 26, 1929. – 1 small page. Relating thanks to Abbott for advice about “not to stick my neck out too far!” • Blackford,Milford, L. Minor, Atlanta, Georgia. – September 19, 1930-June 30, 1931. – 17 pages. – 7 photographs. Regarding “anterior and posterior endocardial cushion fusing at their right ends instead of in the middle and crowding out the other leaflets of the tricuspid sounds…” Also, requesting Abbott’s opinion on two ‘congenital cardiacs’ at the federal prison; retroposition of a heart. Includes a tracing

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of an x-ray and an article by Blackford: “: clinical report of a case.”

• Reply to Blackford. – June 30, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding Blackford’s article “Functionally Two-Chambered Heart” in Amer. Jr. of Dis. of Child,” June 30, 1931. The post script corrects Blackford’s incorrect quoting of Abbott in the “introductory part of your article.” • Batson, Oscar V. – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 28, 1930. – 1 page. Requesting a copy of Abbott’s paper on “The Coarctation of the Aorta.” Also contains a reference to Dr. Carmel who wrote to Abbott. • Reply to Batson. -- January 6, 1931. -- 1 page. • From Batson. – March 28, 1931. – 1 page. • From Batson. -- May 7, 1931. -- 1 page. • Baumgarten, W. -- Clifton Springs, New York. – November 17, 1926. –1 page. Regarding the location of the article on that was in “8, p 17, 1922.” • Reply to Baumgarten. -- St. Louis, MO. – June 9, 1926. – 1 page. Regarding article Abbott is writing with Baumgarten and three references to articles to use, most importantly the article on Morrison. (Pinned to letter is a handwritten note of the references sent.) • Baus, Gaston J. – Los Angeles, Calif. – February 14, 1938. – 1 page. Regarding Abbott’s Atlas of Congenital Cardiac Disease, requesting an explanation of her use of the term cerebral disease under “causes of death” and “other causes.” • Reply to Baus. -- February 23, 1938. -- 1 page. • Birch, C. Allan. – Rockefeller Fdn. -- New York. – December 21, 1931. – 1 page. Requesting reference to Abbott’s “exhibit in New York, “especially what you said about coarctation of the aorta.” • Bishop, Jr., Louis Faugeres. -- New York. -- April 26, 1934. –1 page. Regarding the return of Abbott’s slides used in the “presentation of my clinic.” • Reply to Bishop, Jr. -- May 12, 1934. -- 1 page. • From Bishop, Jr. – May 14, 1934. -- 1 page. Regarding “the completed paper on Bicuspid Aortic Valves which I gave you in Toronto.” • Reply to Bishop, Jr. -- May 18, 1934. -- 1 page. • Bland, Edward (on Paul Dudley White letterhead). – Mass. Gen Hosp, Boston. – February 20, 1933. -- 1 page. “I am sending under separate cover a report on the case with the abnormal left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery, the specimen you saw on your recent visit to Boston…we would appreciate any suggestions or criticisms…

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• Reply to Bland. -- February 25, 1933. -- 1 page. • Reply to Bland. -- March 8, 1933. -- 2 pages. • Bland (on Paul Dudley White letterhead), Mass. Gen Hosp, Boston. -- May 25, 1936. – 2 pages. “The following are our notes on [name omitted] which you requested… R.J.,House of the Good Samaritan [omitted]. Two and one-half year old male child…” • Bliss, Theodore L. -- East Akron, Ohio. -- June 13, 1933. -- 1 page. Offering to send Abbott a specimen of a case of Tetralogy of Fallot for her collection. • Reply to Bliss. -- June 15, 1933. -- 1 page. • From Bliss. -- East Akron, Ohio. -- June 21, 1933. – 1 page. • Reply to Bliss. -- July 12, 1933. -- 2 pages. Regarding the arrival of the specimen as well as Abbott’s comments on Bliss’s manuscript involving a case of “stenosis of the pulmonary conus at the lower bulbarrifice…” • From Bliss. -- July 19, 1933. -- 1 page. • Blue, William R. – Memphis, Tenn. -- October 2, 1935. -- 1 page. Regarding sending “the complete history, autopsy findings, and electrocardiogram on baby B. the diagnosis according to the electrocardiogram was partial heart block, with congenital tertian malaria…” • Reply to Blue. – October 17, 1935. – 1 page. October 19, 1935. – 1 page. • Borowsky, Sydney M. -- Bellevue Hospital, New York. -- May 9, 1937. -- 2 pages. “…writing to you at the suggestion of Dr. Lucy Porter Sutton regarding an interesting valvular anomaly…clinical findings in the case suggested a mitral lesion with atypical ausultatory phenomena. Post mortem examination revealed a double orifice…” • Reply to Borowsky. -- May 15, 1937. -- 1 Page. • Bratley, Forrest G. -- Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia. -- October 19, 1937. –1 page. Regarding a “black female of four months was brought to our receiving ward where she died a few minutes later…at autopsy an incomplete cor biloculare, a persistent left superior vena cava and an accessory pulmonary thoracic was found…” • Reply to Bratley. -- October 30, 1937. – 1 page. • Brayton, Howard W. -- Hartford, CT. -- November 11, 1920. -- 1 page. -- 1 diagram. Regarding the case and prognosis of [name omitted]. • Reply to Brayton. -- November 18, 1920. --1 page. • From Brayton. -- December 6, 1920. -- 1 page. • Reply to Brayton. -- December 13, 1920. -- 2 pages. • From Brayton. -- December 18, 1920. -- 1 page.

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• From Dr. Donald Cragin. -- Hartford, CT. -- December 28, 1920. -- 1 page. Thanking Abbott for her help and consultation. • Brindley, Paul. -- Galveston, Texas. -- April 25, 1932. -- 2 pages. Regarding the forwarding of a heart of a “three month old Mexican infant which was brought to my laboratory some weeks ago by an intern from another hospital…, age three months, female Mexican infant… • From Brindley to Miss Edna F. Graham. – Medical Museum McGill University. – May 9, 1932. – 1 page. Regarding keeping “the infant’s heart…until Dr. Abbott returns...” • Reply to Dr. Brindley. -- September 8th 1932. -- 2 pages. “It is an extremely interesting case and so far as I know unique in several particulars…” • Unspecified lined page with penciled handwriting. – n.d. • Brodsky, David R. -- Providence, RI. -- April 30, 1932. – 1 page. Requesting Abbott to describe his “two cases in two weeks of congenital heart in newborn, one apparently a ‘Cor Biloculare,’ and the other a ‘Cor Triloculare.” • To Edna F. Graham, Secretary to Dr. Abbott. – July 28, 1932. – 1 page. • Reply to Brodsky. -- August 23, 1932. -- 1 page. • From Brodsky. -- August 27, 1932. -- 1 page. Regarding sending the “two heart specimens; one with the probe through the great vessels is my first that we considered three chambered…” • Reply to Brodsky. -- October 1, 1932. -- 2 pages. • From Brodsky. – October 20, 1932. – 1 page. Regarding the receipt of October 1st, together with your “very careful and excellent description of the two specimens…” • Reply to Brodsky. – October 25, 1932. – 1 page. • Brumlik, J. -- Prague. -- November 8, 1931. -- 1 page. Regarding articles Abbott sent and letter of October 16th and thanks for the recommendation of Blumer’s Bedside Diagnosis. • From J. Brumlik. -- Prague. -- June 1, 1934. -- 1 page. Regarding “preparing a review of the cases of congenital heart disease which we have followed in our department… from the standpoint of clinical diagnosis.” • Reply to Brumlik. -- June 15, 1934. -- 1 page. • Burwell, C. Sidney. – Vanderbilt University, Nash, Tenn. -- December 28, 1934. -- 1 page. Regarding questions about “The Differential Diagnosis of Congenital Cardiac Disease” in the International Clinics for September…I find myself a little confused by one statement in particular…on page 33…” • Reply Burwell. -- January 17, 1935. -- 2 pages. • From Burwell. -- January 26, 1935. -- 1 page. • From Burwell. -- November 8, 1939. -- 1 page.

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Regarding the “first death in a patient following operation for ligation of the patent ductus arteriosus. This was a girl of fifteen who had a high degree of disability from her congenital lesion…” • Reply to Burwell. -- November 10, 1939. -- 1 page.

File: Maude Abbott Letters – C

• Callendar, Geo. R. -- War Dept. Army Medical Museum, Washington. -- October 16, 1924. -- 1 page. Regarding “male Filipino, age 22.” • Carr, F.B. -- Worcester, Mass. -- May 23, 1933. -- 2 pages. Regarding “patient seen in consultation with Rockwell of Worcester, Mass, a 36 year old male bookkeeper in acute congestive heart failure, apparently moribund…the anomaly would be classed as a persistent truncus arteriosus.” • Reply to Carr. -- June 16, 1933. -- 2 pages. • Letter, Carr. -- June 22, 1933. -- 1 page. • Letter, Carr. -- September 20, 1933. -- 1 page. • Reply to Carr. -- September 26, 1933. -- 1 page. • Letter, Carr. -- October 30, 1933. -- 1 page. • Reply to Carr. -- November 4, 1933. -- 2 pages. • Reply to Carr. -- November 25, 1933. -- 1 page. • From: Raymond H. Goodale [with Carr]. -- November 20, 1933. -- 1 page. Requesting Abbott’s description of the case for use in publication. • G. Ackley. -- Pathological Laboratory. – Worcester City Hospital. – n.d. -- 1 page. • Casparis, Horton. -- Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville Tenn. February 11, 1935. -- 2 pages. Regarding a twin “five months old with a systolic murmur, cyanosis and enlarged heart with left ventricular preponderance…the other twin seems normal.” The parents have asked to have Abbott come to see the child. • Reply to Horton. -- February 19, 1935. -- 1 page. Expresses a wish to view the patient, but says that she would be unable to finance this trip without assistance. • From: Horton. -- March 5, 1935. -- 1 page. Parents of the patient “have not been able to make financial arrangements… I think the best thing now is to consider the matter closed, at least temporarily. • On CPR letterhead, 1 page and itinerary for March 9, 1935 to Nashville. -- 2 pages. • Reply to Horton. -- March 14, 1935. -- 1 page. • From: Horton. -- March 30, 1935. -- 1 page. Informs Dr. Abbott that the patient under discussion has died; details autopsy. • Reply to Horton. -- April 15, 1935. -- 1 page.

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• Reply to Castellanos, Agustin. -- Havana, Cuba. -- February 8, 1938. -- 1 page. In acknowledgement and thanks for “your monographs on Angiocardiography in Childhood.” • Chapelle, Clarence E. de La. -- New York. -- February 26, 1932. -- 2 pages. Regarding details of seven Coarctation cases. • Reply to Chappelle. -- March 5, 1932. -- 1 page. • From Chappelle. -- March 7, 1932. -- 1 page. • Reply to Chappell. -- March 12, 1932. -- 1 page. • From Chappelle. -- March 28, 1932. -- 1 page. • Clarke, B. Earl. -- Providence, RI. -- January 1, 1935. -- 1 page. Regarding an infant: “The infant lived three days. In addition to the anomalies of the heart there was a unilateral polycystic kidney, pyloric stenosis, a club foot and one abdominal testicle.” • Reply to Clarke. -- February 9, 1935. – 1 page. • Clouston, H. R. -- Huntington, Que. -- November 6, 1932. -- 1 page. Regarding patient with “Mirror-Picture with complete situs inversus.” • Reply to Clouston. -- November 8, 1932. -- 1 page. • Costa, Antonio. -- Perugia, Italy. -- March 5, 1934. -- 1 page. • Regarding an abstract sent to Abbott “concerning the strictures of the thoracic aorta.” • Reply to Costa. -- March 21, 1934. -- 1 page. • Crawford, J. Hamilton. -- Brooklyn, NY. -- December 14, 1935. -- 1 page. Regarding a patient who “had congenital dextrocardia with situs inversus and who suffered from acute coronary thrombosis.” • Crummer, Leroy. -- Omaha. -- September 23, 1925. -- 1 page. Regarding sending a “Photostat of an engraving I recently ran across in a very rare Spanish anatomy, de Martinez, Madrid, 1764. This plate accompanies the chapter on the circulation and reports cases by Riolan in 1706.” • Custer, R.P. -- Dept of Public Health, Philadelphia. -- October 28, 1932. -- 2 pages. Regarding “a case of congenital heart disease in a four day old infant…the anomaly appearing not to fit the usual descriptions.” • From Custer. -- October 29, 1932. -- 1 page. Correction to previous description. • Reply to Dr Custer. -- November 16, 1932. -- 2 pages.

File: Maude Abbott Letters – D

• Daily, William. -- Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, New York. – August 23, 1931. – 2 pages.

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Regarding “a synopsis of each death of heart disease” of babies born at term and premature. • 2 pages of cases. -- n.d.

• Reply: August, 26, 1931. – 1 page. Letter of thanks and an excerpt of a paragraph (for approval) for Abbott’s manuscript to be published in Nelson’s Loose leaf Medicine. • William Daily. – September 1, 1931. -- 1 page. • Dart, Raymond O. – Army Medical Museum, War Dept, Wash, D.C. – November 15, 1935. – 1 page. Regarding “our accession No.[omitted]” for use in Abbott’s publication of the Atlas of Congenital Heart Disease. • Deadman, William J. – Pathology and Public Health, General Hospital, Hamilton, . -- May 22, 1926. – 1 page. Regarding Siamese twin’s autopsy: “I only managed to get all the viscera and I have not done any dissection of them.” • Reply: June 12, 1926. – 1 page. Letter of thanks • Derow, Harry A. – Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. –November 20, 1927. – 1 page. Regarding “Cor Biloculare, with a very slight suggestion of an auricular septum in the form of a muscular ridge, of small proportions, in the anterior wall of the common auricle.” • deVeer, J. Arnold. – Long Island College of Medicine, Dept. of Path., Brooklyn, New York. – October 26, 1931. – 6 pages. Regarding “asking for some information concerning aneurysms of the aorta, an unusual example of which I am about to report with our doctor J. Hamilton Crawford.” • Autopsy of Raymond Lewis – May 6, 1930 – 4 pages. • Marvin, H.M. – American Heart Association, New York. – To: Diehl. – December 8, 1936. – 1 page. Advising Deihl to contact Abbott regarding “letter of November 24 inquiring about congenital dextrocardia” • Diehl, C.H. – Wood River, Ill. – December 12, 1936. – 1 page. Regarding “a little girl…her heart was on the right side. X-ray showed complete transposition of all viscera.” • Reply to Diehl. – December 29, 1936. – 1 page. Regarding “significance of dextrocardia in your little patient.” • Dinnerstein, M. – Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, New York. – May 24, 1920. – 1 page. Regarding literature of Babes and Deteindre and “a case of ruptured aneurysms of the ascending aorta associated with a bicuspid valve.” • Reply to Dinnerstein. – May 28, 1920. – 1 page. • Dippel, A. Louis. – The . – September 16, 1932. – 2 pages.

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Regarding “a case of antefetal congenital heart…septal defect.” • Reply to Dippel. – September 30, 1932. – 1 page. • Dobrin, Max. – Huntington Building, Miami, Florida. – May 11, 1935. – 11 pages. 1 page letter with 10 page case report “Gonorrheal Aortitis, Multilocular Aneurism of Aorta and Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valve.” by E. Sterling Nichol and Max Dobrin • Reply to Dobrin. – May 21, 1935. – 1 page. • Nichol, E. Sterling. – The Belmont Hotel, Bar Harbour, ME. – August 20, 1935. – 1 page. Regarding “a case of gonorrheal aneurism of the aorta. I am planning a report, associated with congenitally bicuspid aortic valves…with Dr Dobrin. • Reply to Nichol. –August 30, 1935. – 1 page. • From: Dobrin. – Cleveland Heights, Ohio. – September 2, 1935. – 1 page. Regarding slides for the report mentioned above. • From: Nichol. – Bar Harbor, ME. – September 2, 1935. – 1 page. Regarding questions for content of report above. • 11 pages of letters follow, dating from September 20, 1935 to June 30 1936, relating to specimens and reprints of above report. Includes Abbott’s replies to Dobrin and Nichol’s letters. • Donnally, Max. – Washington, D.C. – April 16, 1920. – 3 pages. Regarding “would you mind telling me if you have ever seen a heart like the one I am enclosing drawn by Max Brodel …a possible “cor biloculare, the left heart was so abortive.” • Reply to Donnally. – April 19, 1920. – 2 pages. • From: Donnally. – April 26, 1920. – 1 page May 29, 1920. – 1 page • Donnally – 5 black and white illustrations relating to above case. • Dreyfuss, Morris. – Woman’s Hospital, New York. – October 19, 1925. – 1 page. Regarding “I want to publish a case of malformation of the heart in a newborn…” • 3 small pages of citations written in pencil, n.d. • Dry, Thomas. – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. – June 18, 1936. – 1 page. Regarding “the approximate age of onset of cyanosis in congenital pulmonary lesions.” • Reply to Dry. – June 30, 1936. – 1 page • From: Dry. – April 25, 1939 – 1 page. Regarding “Dr. Blackford made the suggestion that this patient may have an arrangement of great vessels something comparable with that seen in the horse…” • Dyrenforth, Lucien Y. – Jacksonville, Florida. –July 4, 1935. – 1 page.

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Regarding “a specimen of a heart which is involved in bronchogenic carcinoma.” • Reply to Dyrenforth. – September 3, 1935. – 1 page. • Reply to Dyrenforth. – December 16, 1935. – 3 pages. Letter acknowledging the receipt of the “museum entry sheet and attached information for the specimen…”

File: Maude Abbott Letters – E

• Elliott, T.R. — University College Hospital, London, England. – December 3, 1923. – 1 page. Regarding “specimen from modern times of which I send you photographs…died from pulmonary embolism.” • From: Elliott. – May 31, 1926. – 1 page. Autopsy notes – 1 page. – 2 black and white photographs of heart specimen. • Emerson, Haven. – Columbia University, New York. – July 6, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding “additional facts and references on incidence of congenital cardiac defects. • Emerson, Paul W. – Longwood Medical Building, Boston. – December 9, 1930. –1 page. Regarding suggestions on the “value of the X-Ray in heart disease in children. • Reply to Emerson. – January 10, 1931. – 2 pages. • From: Emerson. – August 12, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding forwarding summaries of six cases of “pure idiopathic hypertrophy and five cases of with associated defects.” • Reply to Emerson acknowledging receiving cases. – September 10, 1931. – 1 page. • Summaries of six cases sent by Paul Emerson – 18 pages. • Enzer, N. – Mount Sinai Hospital, Milwaukee. – July 18, 1931. – 1 page. Thanking Abbott for “your very complete references.” • To: Evans, William. – London Hospital, London, England. – May 4, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding article on “Paradoxical Embolism by yourself and Dr. Theodore Thompson appearing in the Quarterly Journal of Medicine for January 1930…discussion of infective or septic embolus…” • From: Evans. –July 6, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding sending a reprint and another paper on “Brain Abscess” • Reply to Evans. – August 28, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding forwarding reprints from American Heart Journal, 1928. • Correspondence from September 8, 1931 to December 22, 1935 between Abbott and Evans regarding reprints. – 6 pages. • Ewing, James. – Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases. – September 20, 1933. – 1 page.

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Regarding “a remarkable congenital heart which we have been unable to unravel.” • Reply to Ewing. – September 25, 1933. – 1 page. • From: Ewing. – October 13, 1933. – 1 page and 1 museum entry sheet [blue]. Regarding the “exact position of the heart in the body at the autopsy.” File: Maude Abbot Letters – F

• Farris, H.A. – Saint John, N.B. – February 29, 1932. – 1 page. Regarding the diagnosis of “coarctation of the aorta” in an 18 year old patient who was diagnosed “Patent Ductus Arteriosus.” • Reply to Farris. – March 5, 1932. – 1 page. Regarding diagnosis “I was much interested in your case of coarctation. The loud murmur over the pulmonary region suggests that it might be on of the rare cases in which the patent ductus is associated…” • From: Farris. –March 8, 1932. – 1 page. Regarding murmur mentioned in March 5th letter. • From: Farris. – January 22, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding a case of coarctation of the aorta. • Reply to Farris. – January 30, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding case of coarctation of the aorta with cerebral death in children. • From Farris. – February 1, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding cases of coarctation of the aorta and brain hemorrhage. • Reply to Farris. – February 8, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding cases in above letter. • From Farris. – February 10, 1934. – 1 page. Requesting a reprint of an article by Abbott. • May 1 - 12, 1934. -- Correspondence between Abbott and Farris regarding Abbott’s editing and comments on an article Farris is writing to present to Climatological Association. • From: Ferguson, Helen R. at Memorial Hospital, New York. – March 6, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding data on [name omitted] requested from Dr. Ewing • Medical Museum Entry sheet # [omitted] McGill University. – September 20, 1933. Regarding: “Dyspnoea terminating in asphyxia and was supposed to have enlarged thymus.” • Favorite, G.O. – The Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia. – 8/8/32. – 1 page. – 1 photograph. Regarding photo and description of a heart with congenital defects. “autopsy on a 19 year old man suffering with dyspnoea, intense precordial pain, and cyanosis. • Reply to Favorite. – September 2, 1932. – 1 page. • To: Dr. Fisk. – May 18, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding a Photostat copy of an article by Schlesinger. “You will see that the lesion consisted in a ligamentus constriction of the aorta 2 inches long…”

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• Flannery, J.L. – Archbald, PA, -- n.d. – 3 pages. Regarding “case of generalized oedema in a very young infant.” • Reply to Flannery. – December 2, 1933. – 1 page. • Fleury, Jean. – Ancien Interne des Hopitaux de Paris. – n.d. – 1 page. [Letter is in French] • Reply to Fleury. – August 25, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding reprint articles of congenial heart disease. • To: Fogel, E.I. – Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati. – August 18, 1933/September 15, 1933. – 2 pages. Regarding his article “Congenital Hypoplasia of the Pulmonary Artery” and other similar cases. • Foucar, F.H. – Walter Reed Gen. Hospital, Army Med. Center, Washington. – June 15, 1935. – 2 pages. Regarding “any suggestions that you may offer me concerning the developmental anomaly in the heart I am about to describe to you…” • Reply to Foucar. – October 1, 1935. – 1 page. “From your description, I think it is likely that the greatly dilated coronary sinus received the blood from one or both of the pulmonary veins…” • From: Raymond O. Dart. – October 8, 1935. – 1 page. Regarding sending specimen [omitted] to Abbott on behalf of Foucar described in previous letter dated June 15, 1935. • Correspondence between Abbott and Dart/Foucar dated November 9, 1935 to January 17, 1936. – 6 pages. [Includes McGill University Medical Museum Entry sheet].

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• Gasul, Benjamin M. – Chicago. – March 17, 1938. – 2 pages. – 4 X-ray plates. – 2 electrocardiography records dated 1/25/38 and 1/7/38. Regarding congenital cardiac baby under observation. “Essential physical findings on the first examination consisted of an enlargement of the heart…no murmurs and no cyanosis…” • Reply to Gasul. – March 23, 1938. – 1 page. • Regarding X-Ray plates. • From: Gasul. – April 29, 1938. – 1 page. • From: Gasul. – n.d. – 1 page. • X-Ray Record from the University Hospital (electrocardiogram) of Baby, dated 1-7-38 and signed by J.C. Ehrlich. – 1 page. • Gittings, John Claxton -- University of Pennsylvania. – March 30, 1926. – 1 page. Letter to thank Abbott for reprint. • Giustra, Frank X. – Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, New York. – January 11, 1938. – 1 page. Regarding “twins who lived 36 hours. At autopsy they presented identical congenital cardiac defects; mainly cor biloculare.”

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• Glendy, R.E. – Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. – May 2, 1934. – 3 pages. – 2 black and white photographs. Regarding “a study of regional arteriosclerosis in aged people (over 75).” • From: Glendy. – May 28, 1934. – 2 pages. Diagram of Aorta and Branches laid open. (Photocopy) – 1 page. • From: Glendy. – December 12, 1935. – 1 page. Enclosed are “2 photographs of the Glendy triloculare.” • Reply to Glendy. – January 10, 1935. – 1 page. Regarding “the picture which you and Mrs. Glendy are kindly planning to have made for me of Mrs. Glendy’s case of cor trilloculare biariatum.” • Correspondence relating to above case between Abbott and Glendy dated January 13-February 10, 1936. [Includes 9 pages of letters and 3 pages of autopsy reports.] • Goehring, Carl. – St. Francis Pathological Laboratories, Pittsburgh, PA. – May 21, 1921. – 1 page. Thanking Abbott for reprint of article “Congenital Aneurysm of the Aortic Sinus of Valsalva.” • Goforth, J.L. – St. Paul’s Hospital, Dallas Texas. – June 4, 1932. – 1 page. Regarding a case of congenital heart anomalies in a baby that died 48 hours after birth “with incomplete formed heart auricular and ventricular septa, and a common trunk origin of the pulmonary artery and the aorta from the right ventricle.” • Reply to Goforth. – August 26, 1932. – 1 page. • From: Goforth. – August 30, 1932. – 1 page. • Gouley, B.A. – Philadelphia General Hospital. – October 24. – 1 page. Regarding “two month old white male, admitted 9/5/35, because of dyspnoea and marked cyanosis and a rash over the chest area which suggested erysipelas. The child died from bronchopneumonia.” • Reply to Gouley. – April 6, 1936. – 1 page. • Grant, R.T. – University College Hospital, Medical School, W. C. 1. – July 1, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding “case of coronary aneurysm…” • Groedel, Franz M. – New York. – June 16, 1936. – 1 page. Regarding sending and receiving reprints. • From: Gross. – The Mount Sinai Hospital. – January 22, 1936. – 2 pages. Regarding autopsy report [omitted], 1922, B. L, 9 wks old, male…dyspnoea and cyanosis noted immediately after birth. • [Unidentified] page of handwritten notes. – n.d. “Complete situs inversus of all viscera…” • Gross, Paul. – The Western Pennsylvania Hospital. – January 29, 1940. – 1 page. Regarding “I am preparing an analysis of the literature on so called fetal endocarditis…I should like to quote you in regard to this question. It is my belief that you found focal myocardial fibrosis in certain developmental cardiac anomalies…”

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• From: Gross’s secretary. – June 1, 1936. -- 1 page. • Reply to letter of January 29th. – March 1, 1940. – 2 pages. Regarding comments on article Gross is writing.

• From: Gross. – March 4, 1939. – 1 page. Description of two photos of a heart of a 5-day old infant [enclosed]. “The ductus arteriosus was fully as large as the aorta, which in turn was of normal caliber. The left ventricle was extremely small and the covering endocardium markedly thick, opaque…” • [Unidentified] slide. – n.d. • [Unidentified] photos (2 black and white). – n.d.

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• Holt, Jr., L. Emmett. – The Johns Hopkins Hospital. – January 9, 1940. – 1 page. Inquiring if Abbott stated in one of her monographs that “instances have been observed in which the mother suffering from rheumatic fever has given birth to a child who has shown signs of rheumatic endocarditis.” • Reply to Holt, Jr. -- January 20, 1940. – 1 page. • From: Holt, Jr. – January 23, 1940. – 1 page. • Reply to Holt, Jr. – March 9, 1940. – 3 pages. One letter and two pages of 15 cases relating to “Acute Endocarditis in Early Infancy.” • Hall, A.R. – Miller Hospital Clinic, Saint Paul, Minnesota. – January 4, 1930. – 2 pages. Regarding 24 year old woman who “came to my partner…because she had thrombosis of the central vein of the eye and evidences of a choroiditis in the other eye…absence of pulsation in both arms.” • Reply to Hall. – January 18, 1930. – 1 page. • From: Hall. – January 23, 1930. – 1 page. • Reply to Hall. – January 27, 1930. – 1 page. • Hallock, Palmer to J. Palmer. – Univ. of Minnesota. – January 24, 1938. – 2 pages. Regarding Hallock’s paper on the estimation of lactic acid production as a diagnosis method in the cyanotic and acyanotic types of congenital heart disease. • Reply to Hallock. – February 23, 1938. – 1 page. • Hamilton, Burton E. – Boston Mass. – January 3, 1939. – 5 pages. Regarding [name omitted], a 33 year old woman who died 8 days after hysterotomy. 3-page letter and 2-page autopsy report. • From Hamilton. – n.d. – 3 pages. • From Hamilton. – November 21, 1939. – 1 page. • Reply to Hamilton. – November 25, 1939. – 4 pages.

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Regarding “the chapter on Congenital Heart Disease in Pregnant Women.” • From: Thomson, K. Jefferson. – Metro. Life Ins. Co. Sanatorium. – January 4, 1940. – 1 page. Regarding statistics for above mentioned paper.

• Reply to Thomson. – January 19, 1940. – 3 pages. Regarding discrepancies in statistics. • Kenneth E. Harris on behalf of M.E. Abbott. – Univ. College Hospital, London, England. – September 13, 1926. – 3 pages. Includes autopsy notes of museum specimen G.8. “Thrombus from Iliac Vein Lodged in Foramen Ovale.” • [Unidentified] photo mounted on board of heart specimen. – n.d. • From: Harris. – September 15, 1929. – 1 page. Regarding Foramen Ovale photos sent to Abbott. • From Harris. – n.d. – 1 page. Thanking Abbott for her willingness to send “me a number of references concerning congenital coronary aneurysm.” • Reply to Harris. – April 16, 1931. – 2 pages. Forwarding the above mentioned references. • Hastings, Willard S. – Jeanes Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. – September 7, 1934. –1 page. Regarding the donation and shipping of a specimen that was photographed and described for the Bulletin. • Heimann, H. L. – Johannesburg. – 9/2/33. – 1 page. • Heinbecker, Peter . – Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis. – May 24, 1939. – 1 page. “Could you inform me as to whether or not it is true that persons who have had adherent pericarditis, non-constrictive in type, are able to tolerate coronary disease of a degree which would ordinarily lead to serious myocardial [ischemia]?, better that do other persons.” • Heinrich, A. H. – Brooklyn, N.Y. – March 31, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding a case of congenital opening between the aorta and right ventricle. • Reply to Heinrich. – April 16, 1931. – 1 page. “Your case falls into the category mentioned by Rickard… rather than Hektoen, Wilks and others.” • From: Heinrich. – April 20, 1931. – 1 page. • Reply to Heinrich. – May 27, 1931. – 1 page. “As I assume your article is in form for publication as you sent it to me… I am asking that you would please place a reference to the discussion of this subject in my monograph in Osler’s System of Modern Medicine, 3rd ed., 1927, vol. IV, pp. 710-713.” • From Heinrich. – Brownsville and East New York Hospital, Brooklyn. -- June 1, 1931. – 1 page.

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“In accordance with your suggestion of May 27, the reference to your article is being included in our bibliography, a thin we had intended to do before we received your letter.” • Reply to Heinrich. – June 4, 1931. – 1 page. • From Heinrich. – Beth – El Hospital, Brooklyn, New York. – February 1, 1933. – 1 page. Requesting return of a monograph and opinion on the case of aortic ventricular fistula that has been accepted for publishing. • Reply to Heinrich. – February 16, 1933. – 1 page. • Helpern, Milton. – New York. – December 12, 1935. – 1 page. – 2 photos. “I am enclosing two photographs of the heart with the bifed apex and aberrant vessel entering or leaving the right ventricle…was a white man, aged 26, who died of lymphatic leukemia.” • Hemsath, F.A. – New York Nursing and Children Hospital. – May 31, 1933. – 2 pages. – 14 photos. [Photos have Hemsath written on back] “I was very much interested in the cases…especially the on of anomalous left coronary form the pulmonary artery with dilatation of the heart and calcified capillary muscles…the reference to my case of this anomaly…on page 795 of my article on Congenital Cardiac Disease in Osler’s Modern Medicine, 1927, vol IV, and also in Nelson Looseleaf, 1932, p. 260…” • Hewer, T. F. – Univ. of Bristol, Dept. of Path. – December 22, 1938. – 2 pages. – 3 semi-diagramatic drawings. “I am enclosing three photographs of Semi-diagramatic drawings of a heart from a female infant aged two days. The infant was deeply cyanosed at birth and remained so until death. I also enclose my description of the heart….” [Second page] Additional Report on P. M. No. [omitted] baby. • Reply to Hewer. – February 9, 1939. – 2 pages. Regarding the case and photos mentioned above. • From Hewer. – September 14, 1939. – 1 page. Regarding Abbott’s response above. [Handwriting difficult to read] • Hirst, John C. – The Preston Retreat, Philadelphia, Penn. – March 4, 1937. – 2 pages. Regarding the case of baby, our record number [omitted]. “I am sending you under separate cover, the heart and lungs...” • Hodges, F.C. – Huntington, W. VA. – April 4, 1933. – 1 page. “I recently did a post-mortem on a young man, aged 18, who died while sitting in an auto waiting for his father...when he fell over dead…Briefly the post-mortem showed badly infected tonsils, a few sub-serous petechial hemorrhages of the diaphragmatic surface of the right lung, and an enormous hemopericardium due to perforation of the posterior portion of the aorta at the junction of the left ventricle…” [Handwritten draft of reply written on letter] • Hollingsworth, Edward W. – Chicago, ILL. – June 19, 1935. – 1 page. “I am reporting a case of aortico-ventricular fistula with aneurysm of the anterior mitral leaflet. I assume this may be of some interest to you and if

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so am wondering if you will be kind enough to glance over the manuscript for me and make comments you deem fit.” • Reply to Hollingsworth. – August 30, 1935. – 1 page “I would be glad to see your manuscript and your case of aortico- ventricular fistula as I think we have a similar case in the Osler collection in this museum…” • 14 pages of correspondence between Hollingsworth regarding his manuscript to May 15, 1936 titled “Aneurysm of the Mitral Valve, 1. with Aortico- Ventricular Fistula- 2. with rupture into the left auricle.” [6 photographs – 2 draft copies of manuscript of 13 pages and 11 pages.] • Holway, Emile. – Stanford Univ., School of Medicine. – May 4, 1926. – 1 page. Regarding thanks for reprint “Congenital Heart Disease.” • Houck, George Hamilton. – Los Angeles. – October 1, 1932. – 2 pages. Regarding a case of “double mitral orifice.” • Reply to Houck. – October 12, 1932. –1 page. Response to above letter providing references and suggestion of including the case in the next Bulletin. • Hubbard, John P. – Boston. – April 22, 1939. – 1 page. Regarding a paper he intends to submit to the New England Journal of Medicine for publication using Abbott’s statistical data. He is requesting “some helpful comments or suggestions for change.” • Reply to Hubbard. – April 28, 1939. –1 page. “Indications for the Surgical Ligation of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus.”—26 pages. [manuscript] • Hughes, Charles W. – Loyola Univ. School of Medicine. – January 30, 1940. – 2 pages. Regarding a case of “a male baby, ten weeks old, died after x-ray and physical findings of right heart hypertrophy, dilatation and failure had been observed…” Would like Abbott to review proposed bibliography and comment on worthiness for publication. Handwritten referral from Dr. Stuart C. Thompson appended. • Reply to Hughes. — February 22, 1940. – 1 page. • Hunter, Warren C. – Univ. of Oregon Medical School. – May 12, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding “a six week old baby an example of cor biloculare with the following additional malformations: Persistence of both vitelline veins entering the singular atrium and directly continuous with the hepatic veins…” • Reply to Hunter. – June 1, 1934. – 2 pages. Includes references on cor biloculare. • From: Hunter. – June 16, 1934. – 1 page. • Reply to Hunter. –June 30, 1934. – 1 page. 4 black and white photos of right and left ventricles Id # [omitted] • Hussey, Raymond. – Yale Univ. – March 2, 1933. – 2 pages.

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Regarding a heart specimen sent to Abbott. Discussion relating to whether the descending aorta is normal or abnormal and if clamps damaged the specimen. • Raymond Hussey. – Yale Univ. – May 23, 1933. – 1 page. • Reply to Hussey. – June 10, 1933. – 2 pages. • John Mendillo. – Yale Univ. – January 24, 1933. –3 pages. Regarding “patient, age 43, white, male, was brought to the Accident room of the New Haven Hospital on June 17, 1932 … according to his story, dates his heart trouble from the time of the accident.” • Reply to Mendillo. – February 17, 1933. – 2 pages

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• Ikeda, Kano. – The Charles T. Miller Hospital Incorporated, St. Paul, Minnesota. – April 33, 1933. – 1 page. “I am submitting to you for your comments and criticisms a reprint of my paper “Hypoplasia of the Aorta.” • Reply to Ikeda. – June 10, 1933. – 2 pages.

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• Jacobson, Victor. – Union Univ., Albany Medical College, Albany, N. Y. – February 24, 1928. – 1 page. Regarding the possibility of Abbott describing “Baby [name omitted]” • Jager, B.V. – Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston City Hospital. – May 22, 1939. – 4 pages. “Recently, I posted a 53 yr. old woman who at autopsy had a funnel type ductus with a calcified rough plaque at the aortic ostium….” • Jensen, Julius. – St. Louis, Mo. – February 16, 1937. – 1 page. Regarding a reference in Blumer’s Bedside Diagnosis. • Reply to Jensen. – February 19, 1937. – 1 page. • From: Jensen. – March 8, 1937. 1 -- page. • From: Jensen. – January 26, 1940. – 1 page. “Recently, a male factory worker, aged forty-six…suffering from a congestive failure with marked dyspnoea. While his heart was enlarged, his normal…” • Reply Jensen. – January 30, 1940. – 1 page. “I am very much interested to learn of your unusual case of left coronary artery opening into the right auricle by a wide orifice…” • From: Jensen. – February 8, 1940. – 1 page. “It is with greatest mortification that I have to write you and tell you that the condition about which I wrote to you in my previous letter was a mistake…” • Johnston, John M. – Merry Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. – June 6, 1929. – 1 page.

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“We are sending you the heart of a five day old male infant, born at term with a normal labor. The child was well for three days after birth, when it became cyanotic and developed numerous atypical adventitious sounds over the praecordium…”

• Johnstone, Benjamin I. – Detroit. – April 7, 1933. – 2 pages. “I am seeing quite a large number of children with congenital heart disease…do you feel that, inasmuch as these children are candidates for a superimposed bacterial endocartitis, that tonsillectomy is indicated, and if so what anesthetic is best?...” • Reply to Johnstone. – April 19, 1933. – 1 page

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• Katz, Louis N. – Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago. – July 17, 1933. – 1 page. “Thank you very kindly for the info in your recent letter.” • Kaufman, Jerome G. – Newark, N.J. – September 27, 1932. – 1 page. “I have seen in consultation a four year old child who is the second child…. The first child died from some congenital lesion. This child’s birth was normal…and was perfectly normal until a few months ago when he occasionally fainted during play (strenuous), and at this time would be slightly cyanotic…” • Reply to Kaufman. – September 30, 1932. – 1 page. “…your description shows the existence of congenital heart block which is quite probably due to a localized defect at the upper part of the interventricular septum just anterior to the pars membranacea.” • From Kellert, Ellis. – n.d. – 1 B/W photograph. [description on back of photo] Man 35, found dead in bed, previous history indefinite • King, Jr., John T. – The Johns Hopkins Hospital. – October 14, 1925. – 1 page. “In reporting our four cases of coarctation of the aorta, I am trying to collect a complete bibliography…” • King, Jr., John T. – The Johns Hopkins Hospital. – October 29, 1925. -- 1 page. • Hand written page of references “Coarctation of Aorta” • King, Jr., John T. – The Johns Hopkins Hospital. – December 17, 1934. – 1 page. “‘Old negro’ …presenting a curious murmur along the upper left sternal border. I took it to be a congenital murmur but was unable to identify it. He went into heart failure, developed fever, and died of malignant endocarditis…” • Reply to King, Jr. – December 19, 1934. – 1 page. • Kintner, Arthur R. – Mayo Clinic. – March 10, 1931. – 1 page.

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“I recently had a case at autopsy in which an anomaly of origin and course of the left coronary artery was found. There was only one orifice, and this was in the location of the normal right coronary orifice…” • Reply to Kintner. – March 18, 1931. – 1 page. “I was much interested in your letter describing the abnormal course of the left coronary artery…” • Kirsh, Milton, B. – Sinai Hospital of . – n.d. – 1 page. – 1 black and white photo. Regarding a request for two copies of articles on Coarctation of the Aorta in adults. “…having made the clinical diagnosis twice when the past 3 years. One died of a rupture of the aorta and had apparently a complete stenosis just below the insertion of the ductus botali” • Reply to Kirsh. – April 20, 1931. – 1 page. • From Abbott to Kissane, R.W. – White Cross Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. – March 20, 1934. – 1 page. “I want to thank you for your interesting article on ‘Intra-Uterine Rheumatic Heart Disease.’ …I am greatly interested in the unquestionable evidence which its clear presentation affords an hitherto possible not negative finding. I wonder what your view is as to the course of events. The microscopic appearance suggests that the changes at the were antenatal…” • Kissane, R.W. – White Cross Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. – June 18, 1934. – 1 page. “I have not answered your letter of March 20th pertaining to my article on ‘Intra-Uterine Heart Disease,’ because we have been sectioning the entire pulmonary valve. You will recall that you raised the question, as to whether the changes in the pulmonary valve were not antenatal, because in my original article, I stated that no Aschoff bodies had been found in this valve, while they were found in the mitral and the aortic…” • Reply to Kissane. – June 30, 1934. – 1 page. “I think it is quite illuminating and am very glad to have the facts to add to my statistics. The marked peripheral oedema in the presence of pulmonary stenosis with closed foramen ovale is also very interesting.” • Kissane. – July 17, 1934. – 1 page. “Last week we discovered a congenital Rhabdomyoma of the heart in a nine month old child…I have been unable to find a bibliography since this time…” • Reply to Kissane. – July 20, 1934. -- 1 page. • Kissane to Abbott. -- October 20, 1934. – 1 page. Babe [name omitted]. – Description of case. – 3 pages. “I have attached description of the heart and the stains of microscopic sections together with our impression made by examining these sections.” • Kissane to Abbott. -- January 5, 1935. – 1 page. • Reply to Kissane. – January 17, 1935. – 2 pages. “As regards your interesting case of tumour of the heart of a child of nine months, I have gone over the reports carefully and examined the slides,

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and am unable myself to arrive at a definite conclusion… I have arranges to go the sections with Dr. L. J. Rhea, Pathologist at the Montreal General Hospital.

• Reply to Kissane. – January 31, 1935. -- 1 page. “After careful examination of the sections, he [Dr Rhea, Montreal General Hospital] pronounced it a low grad fibrosarcoma with marginal infiltration, and we saw no indications of its being rhabdomyoma. • Rhea, Laurence J. – Montreal General Hospital. – n.d. – 1 page. Hand written note to Abbott regarding sections mentioned above. • Kissin, Milton. – University College Hospital Med. School, London, England. – June 18, 1934. – 2 pages. Requesting Abbott’s opinion about importance of article: “You may recall corresponding in 1931 with Dr. Alfred Plant, the pathologist at Beth Israel Hospital, New York, about the case of a heat with a supernumerary cusp and pulmonary insufficiency…I have written up the case report…the article was refused…” • Reply to Kissin. – June 29, 1934. – 1 page. Correspondence between Abbott and Kissin between February 19, 1935 to October 18, 1935 regarding publishing Kissin’s manuscript, with some descriptions of cases. -- 17 pages. • Kline, R.S. – Mount Sinai Hospital of Cleveland. – March 3, 1933. – 1 page. “Under separate cover, I am sending an interesting aorta and heart and will greatly appreciate it if you send us the diagnosis together with some statement relating to the underlying cause and a little description for our description.” • Reply to Kline. – March 15, 1933. – 2 pages. “Diagnosis: saccular aneurysm of ascending aorta with rupture of inner and middle coats and formation of healed dissecting aneurism? Of thoracic and abdominal aorta….” • Kline to Abbott. – March 17, 1933. –1 page. “Many thanks for your illuminating letter…” • Koplik, Lewis Henry. – New York. – n.d. – 1 page. [acknowledgement indicated by Abbott November 3, 1936] Regarding an autopsy performed at Cornell Medical College “on a 6 weeks old infant (1850 grams in wt.) showing certain anomalies of the vascular system which I thought you might be interested in seeing.” • Reply to Koplik. – January 9, 1937. – 1 page. • Kornblum, Daniel. – The Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn. – October 28, 1932. – 1 page. Request for Abbott to review article: “I have recently written an article for publication regarding a unique case of functional cor triloculare biatria with sinistrad malposition of the septum in the ventricles and a corrected transposition of the great vessels.”

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• Correspondence between Abbott and Kornblum. – November 17, 1932 – Jun 16, 1933. --8 pages. • Kottke, Elmer E. – Des Moines, Iowa. – May 23, 1934. – 1 page.

Request for a copy of article “Congential Heart Disease” from Blumer’s Bedside Diagnosis Set. • Reply to Kottke. – May 28, 1934. – 1 page. • Krumbhaar, Edward, B. – Philadelphia General Hospital. – May 24, 1926. – 1 page. Clinical diagnosis – 8 pages – 3 black and white photos of heart. “I am sending you herewith some copies of Dr. Loewenberg’s case of an aneurysm of the sinus of the valsalva communicating with the pulmonary artery, as per your request.” • Krumbhaar, Edward, B. – March 21, 1932. – 3 pages. – 2 black and white photos of heart. “I wonder if you could give us benefit of your experience in interpreting the congenital heart lesion, of which a copy is enclosed.” • Reply to Krumbhaar. – March 30, 1932. – 1 page. “I have examined it closely and it is as you say quite definitely a complete transposition of the arterial trunks, (Spitzer’s type III, Crossed Transposition), with closed ventricular septum…The point that interests me most is the question of the pulmonary vein entering the superior cava…” • Krumbhaar, Edward, B. – February 18, 1935. – 1 page. “We have had a recent addition to our museum of a case of congenital heart disease – a widely patent foramen ovale with marked fibrosis and narrowing of both mitral and tricuspid valves. I would have regarded the latter as probably rheumatic in origin if I had not been reading your monograph…” • Reply to Krumbhaar – February 22, 1935. – 2 pages. “I was much interested in your case of mitral disease with what Lutenbacher calls mitral stenosis with interauricular insufficiency…” • Secretary to Krumbhaar, Edward, B. – April 4, 1935. – 1 page. – 2 black and white photos. [Dr. Neil McLeod’s Bicuspid Aortic Valves from Blockley] “Dr. Krumbhaar wants me to return to you for your use, the enclosed illustrations of the heart about which he wrote…” • Kugel, M. A. – The Mount Sinai Hospital. – February 24, 1931. – 1 page. “I am sending you, under separate cover, all the available reprints of my publications. “Anomalies and Ramifications of the Coronary Arteries” have not yet appeared in reprint form.” • Kugel, M. A. – July 9, 1931. – 1 page. “I am sending you the first draft of a paper describing two cases of Truncus Solitarius Aorticus associated with unusual anomalies.” • Reply to Kugel. – July 16, 1931. – 1 page. • Kugel, M. A. – Mar. 29, 1933. – 1 page. • Reply to Kugel. – April 5, 1933. -- 2 pages. Regarding manuscript.

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• Kuskin, Lawrence. – Brooklyn, N.Y. – May 27, 1938. – 1 page. Regarding an “interesting congenital cardiac case…I would appreciate it very much if you would kindly give me a bibliography…” • Reply to Kuskin. – June 7, 1938. – 2 pages. “Replying to your letter of May 27th, I am enclosing a list of the sixteen cases classified as the primary lesion in my chart of Nelson’s System…” File: Maude Abbott Letters – L

• Lachman, S. E. – Baltimore, M. D. – March, 1930. – 3 pages. Regarding “white female child, 19 months old…examination disclosed that the child undoubtedly had a congenital heart condition which was variously diagnosed. In addition she was markedly atonic and apparently had been so since birth…consensus of opinion was Oppenheimer’s Disease…” • Reply to Lachman. – April 14, 1930. – 1 page. Cannot “throw any light on the subject” of Lachman’s case of congenital atonia with right hemiplogia. • Lambert, R. A. – Yale Univ. School of Medicine. – February 4, 1922. – 1 page. “I am sending you sketches of a heart of a new born which may interest you....a child that was feeble from birth, lost weight rapidly, and developed an infection of the bladder and kidneys, apparently through a patent urachus, and died on the twentieth day. There was no cyanosis or other evidence of a circulatory disturbance during life… [t]his finding together with the presence of various abnormalities; supernumerary finger and toe, bilateral dislocation of hips, and patent urachus, had suggested the presence of a cardiac anomaly.” • Lambert, R. A. – February 18, 1922. – 1 page. “Thank you very much for your comments on the cardiac anomaly.” • Reply to Lambert. – February 21, 1922. – 1 page. March 4, 1922. – 1 page. • Larson, Charles P. – Tacoma General Hospital. – January 4, 1940. – 1 page. “I am writing to tell you about a very interesting autopsy which I performed a few days ago. The patient was a male 30 years of age who had a clinical diagnosis of coarctation of the aorta…Autopsy disclosed complete occlusion of the descending portion of the thora?ic aorta. The pin point probe could not even be passed through this stenosis. • Reply to Larson. – January 18, 1940. – 1 page. “Many thanks for your letter of January 4th, informing me of your very interesting case of coarctation of the aorta with complete obliteration of the descending arch, with bicuspid aortic valve and aortic endocarditis, in a man of 30 years, diagnosed through life.” • Lazarus, Sylvan D. – Brooklyn, N.Y. – December 27, 1926. – 1 page. Regarding thanks for reprints Abbott sent him.

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• [Unidentified] clipping of an article dated February 16, 1931. “Congenital Aneurysms of the Cerebral Arteries. • Leech, Clifton B. – Providence, Rhode Island. – November 6, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding manuscript of clinical analysis of the instances of congenital heart disease which came to autopsy at Johns Hopkins. • Lazarus, Sylvan D. – November 10, 1931. – 2 pages. • Reply to Lazarus. – November 20, 1931. – 1 page. • Lazarus, Sylvan, D. – November 10, 1932. – 1 page. • Reply to Lazarus. – November 15, 1932. – 1 page. • Reply to Lazarus. – November 19, 1932. – 4 pages. • Lazarus, Sylvan D. – November 26, 1932. – 1 page. • Correspondence relating to the Leech manuscript referred to above and in the following letters dated November 30, 1932—March 5, 1935. – 23 pages. • Reply from Abbott to Muir, D.C. – Hull, Yorkshire, England. – November 7, 1934. – 1 page. Thanks for a reprint and “your kind words about my work on congenital heart disease.” • Lehman, Edward. – New York. – April 18, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding thanks for a reprint. • Levan, John B. – St. Joseph’s Hospital, Dept. of Cardiology. Reading, PA. – March 38, 1938. – 1 page. Regarding “an infant of a few months that had persistent cyanosis from birth, there was a very distinct soft systolic murmur in the left midsternal line at the second interspace—not transmitted…” • Reply to Levan. – March 23, 1938. – 1 page. “The condition is evidently that of Tetralogy of Fallout (pulmonary stenosis with dextroposition of the aorta, large ventricular septal defect, and hypertrophy of the left ventricle)…” • Levan, John B. – April 15, 1938. – 3 pages. Regarding details of above case: includes post-mortem findings. • Leverton, W. R. – San Fernando, Calif. – March 18, 1940. -- 1 page. Regarding a heart with an anomaly, “possibly congenital, of the pulmonic valve…post mortem examination revealed the presence of an extensive pulmonary tuberculosis, the right heart dilated with possible hypertrophy of the ventricle and a pulmonary valve which appears to be definitely abnormal in that the cusps are elongated and two of them fenestrated.” • Reply to Leverston. – April 13, 1940. – 1 page. “I will be very pleased to examine the heart which you have described to me…” • Lewis, Thomas. -- 10 Chesterford Gardens, Hampstead. – March 22, 1922. Small card regarding obtaining reprints. • University College Hospital Medical School, Gower Street, London, W.C.I. -- October 24, 1922. – 1 page. Appears to be from same author regarding obtaining more information related to reprints and bibliographic references.

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• Libman, E. – New York. – March 4, 1940. – 2 pages. Regarding a case operated on by Dr. Touraff of patent ductus complicated by subacute bacterial endocarditis. • Reply to Libman. – March 9, 1940. – 2 pages. Regarding a list of references similar to the above mentioned case. • 2 small, and 1 letter sized pages of handwritten notes in pencil bibliographic references. • Lichtman, S.S. – Fort Washington Ave, New York. – January 4, 1930. – 3 pages. “I have just had word that the Archives of has accepted my manuscript on Dextrocardia…enclosed are excerpts I believe will give you the information you need for your reviews.” • Lichtman, S.S. – December 15, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding a case Abbott saw at Mt. Sinai Hospital. • Lightner, Clarence M. – Lincoln Hospital. – March 14, 1934. – 3 pages. Regarding a female child, six months old with cyanosis and clubbed fingers, no other external defects. • Reply to Lightner. – March 20, 1934. – 1 page. “…the case seems to be quite clearly on of Pulmonary Artesia with Dextroposition of the Aorta (Spitzer’s persistent right reptilian aorta) in complete or partial absence of the interventricular septum, giving as you say a type of cor biloculare…” • Lord, C. Rogers. – Newton Hospital, Newton Lower Falls, Mass. – January 30, 1936. – 5 pages. – 3 electrocardiograms? [1 page letter, 4 page autopsy report]. Regarding a congenital anomaly not seen before by consulting doctors. • Reply to Lord. – February 6, 1936. – 2 pages. • Lord, C. Rogers. – February 12, 1936. – 1 page.

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• Mallin, Jerome I. – Trinity Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y. – October 1, 1934. – 2 pages. – 1 small b/w photograph. Regarding a “congenital cardiac anomaly with superimposed sub-acute bacterial endocarditis…” • Reply to Mallin. – November 7, 1934. – 2 pages. “The case you describe is extremely interesting owing to the localization of the massive vegetations and the absence of pulmonary stenosis, which latter point I conclude must have existed, since it is not mentioned in your description.” • Mallory, G. K. – Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston, Mass. – April 17, 1937. – 1 page. – 1 drawing mounted on board.

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Regarding a heart Abbott viewed while at the Mallory institute. Mallory includes a drawing of the heart “[Abbott] might be considered as congenital lesion of the aortic valve leading to regurgitation.” • Reply to Mallory. – April 23, 1937. – 1 page. • Mallory, G. K. – May 18, 1937. – 4 pages. Clinical history and autopsy findings of [name omitted].

• Maroon, J. Luther. – Santa Ana, Calif. – May 23, 1933. – 2 pages. Regarding a female Mexican of 14 years of age, “a twin, and was found to have tuberculosis of the right lung, and upon examining her discovered that her apex beat was to the right, also fluoroscopically, and an x-ray of the chest showed this to be so.” • Reply to Maroon. – June 9, 1933. – 1 page. Regarding bibliographic references to the above case of “complete situs inversus in a twin girl…” • Meeker, Louise. – New York Post-Graduate Med. Scholl and Hospital. – February 27, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding demonstration of two specimens. • Meeker, Louise. – February 27, 1934. – 1 page. – 2 photos. – 1 pencil drawing. • Meeker, Louise. – March 3, 1936. – 1 page. “Will you kindly tell me if you have received the heart sent February 27, 1936” • Reply to Meeker. – March 11, 1936. – 2 pages. Regarding the writing of an article which Abbott names as “Cor- Triloculare Biventriculare with Dextroposition of Aorta and Pulmonic Stenosis.” • Reply to Meeker. – March 12, 1936. – 1 page. Regarding a correction to the March 11th letter. • Meeker, Louise. – May 4, 1936. – 1 page. Autopsy report of [name omitted] 10 months of age. Only child of Italian parents. – 4 pages. • Messeloff, Charles R. – New York. – July 1, 1936. – 2 pages. Three small pieces film [electrocardiogram?] attached. “Seven year old boy…appeared healthy and well developed…. A marked thrill, systolic in time, was felt over the entire precordium but was maximal at the 5th interspace immediately to the right of the sternum. A loud rough systolic murmur was heard over the precordium and was best heard at the same place in the 5th space. • Michalover, S. – Hamburg, Germany. – December 19, 1931? – 1 page. “I have recently seen two cases of congenital heart disease associated with brain abscess. There was no endocarditis or any evident peripheral infection. I should like to know how often you have encountered this condition and how many cases of the same or similar you are acquainted with.”

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• Reply to Michalover. – January 9, 1931. – 1 page. • [Unidentified] page with notes in pencil, handwritten. – n.d. • Middleton, L. A. [in care of Bishop, William] – Montreal. – March 20, 1929. – 1 page. Regarding an address change and wishing Abbott a safe trip to Italy. • Manuscript, 1929 -- 6 pages. “Pulmonary and Mitral Atresia with Complete Transposition of the Aorta of the Pulmonary Arteries and with Dilation of the Aorta and Obliteration of Pulmonary Conus: Defective Interventricular Septum, Widely Patent Foramen Ovale, and Large Patent Ductus Arteriosus in a Case of Morbus Coeruleus with Polycythemia. By L.A. Middleton.” • Miller, G.R. – The Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. – August 4, 1932. – 1 page. “At the suggestion of Dr. O.V. Batson, I am sending you the films and resume history and physical examination of a case which we believe to be coarctation of the aorta.” • Reply to Miller. – August 23, 1932. – 1 page. “So far as I know, no case as yet reported as shown anything like the degree of erosion of the ribs visible by x-ray, as is seen in the film taken in the antero-posterior diameter. The shape of the aortic curve in this film also seems to me very characteristic, especially in indentation at its lower border…” • Miller, G.R. – The Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. – August 25, 1932. – 1 page. “It seems to me that this material will be of much greater value in your hands than in ours. Reporting the case by us would be just another case report to clutter up the literature, whereas in your series it would eventually add to medical knowledge. Use the material as you see fit.” • Miller, James. – Queen’s University. – January 25, 1939. – 1 page. “I would be glad to know any comments you have to make. The striking feature was the enormous hypertrophy and dilation of the heart…is it worth publishing? • [Unidentified] page. – n.d. “The heart is markedly enlarged and globoid in shape. The myocardial walls are thickened. The left ventricle wall measures on cm. in its maximum thickness…” • Reply to Miller. – January 31, 1939. -- 1 page. “Many thanks for the drawing you sent me for comment [drawing not included in file]. The great vessels show a definite stenosis or hypoplasia of the entire transverse arch, as well as of the foetal isthmus, (which is the part immediately distal to the left subclavian)….” • Captain Malloy, H. T. – Schofield Barracks, T.H., Hawaii. – February 10, 1937. – 3 pages. “[name omitted], little boy now seven months old is afflicted with congenital heart disease. Our here in Hawaii has told us of your work with congenital heart disease and we are hoping that you may be

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able to give us some information with regard to treatment or some system of procedure to adopt.” • Reply to Malloy. – February 10, 1937. – 1 page. “The only treatment for such patients, born with true congenital defect is the avoidance of complications and the placing of them in the best hygienic conditions possible with plenty of sunshine and fresh air, avoiding high altitudes and too great changes of temperature.... With regard to the possibility of the child outgrowing of the condition, this would of course depend upon its nature. It is merely patent foramen ovale, as your physician has told you, it is quite possible that they may close in time…” • Montgomery, G.L. – Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow. – October 8, 1937. – 1 page. Notes relating to “Male child, J.M., aged 5 weeks. Ref. No. [omitted] R.H.S.C. Path. Dept. 4. – 3 pages. Drawing of heart on board in black ink. – 1 page. • Reply to Montgomery. – November 4, 1937. – 1 page. “It is interesting as being an example of one of those with only three cusps, and also because the pulmonary circulation is so poorly carried on. Apparently, there was no sign of the ductus, and as you say the bronchial arteries supplied the lungs very ineffectually…” • Montgomery, G.L. – November 15, 1937. – 4 pages. “Thank you for your letter of November 4th, with your comments on the case of persistent truncus arteriosus…. • Montgomery, G.L. – November 15, 1937. – 1 page. • Montgomery, Lall G. – Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Indiana. – March 28, 1936. – 1 page. [Handwritten notes of Abbott’s reply to Montgomery on bottom of page] “I have recently written to Dr. Wangensteen of the Univ. of Minnesota relative to a case of congenital cardio-vascular anomaly that I recently observed. He has suggested that I write to you. The patient was a ten year old male infant which, following normal gestation and delivery, maintained apparently normal health for a matter of five days…The heart was normal for an infant of this age but the aorta rose from the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery from the left ventricle.” • Reply to Montgomery. – April 6, 1936. – 1 page. “The ace you describe is a nice one of complete transposition of the great trunks with a closed ventricular septum. I assume there was a patent foremen ovale? Could you let me know this?” • Montgomery, Lall G. – April 13, 1936. – 1 page. “In reply to your question concerning the foramen ovale, this was patent but the overlapping edges of the two sides were in apposition which appeared to me to be approximately the condition found in the majority of infants of this age…” • Moore, Robert A. – Cornell Univ. Medical College, New York. – October 13, 1933. – 1 page.

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Regarding a congenital heart sent to Abbott for comment, asking for it to be returned for the museum at Cornell. • Reply to Moore. – November 30, 1933. – 1 page.

Regarding the return of the heart which Abbott would like to be sketched for her collection.

• Muir, D.C. – Hull Municipal Rheumatism & Heart Clinic, Yorkshire, England. – September 13, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding Abbott’s article written with J.W. Brown published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood for February 1934. • Muir, D.C. – September 24, 1934. – 1 page. “I would like to tell you how very much Dr. Brown and I owe to your work on Congenital Heart Disease; in fact, it was entirely owing to a study of your publications that we became interested in this branch of medicine…” • Reply to Muir. – October 18, 1935. – 2 pages. • Muschat, Maurice. – Philadelphia. – March 1, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding perfoming surgery on a child with congenital mitral stenosis. “I would like to know which anaesthetic is the safest and what mode of procedure to pursue.” • Reply to Muschat. – March 8, 1934. – 1 page. • Referring Muschat to Dr. Paul White in Boston at the Mass. General Hospital.

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• McGinn, Sylvester. – Mass. General Hospital, Boston. – October 4, 1932. – 1 page. [On Paul Dudley White, M.D. letterhead] “Recently we encountered at post-mortem examination of a man 56 years old, marked mitral stenosis with a large interauricular septal defect. At Dr. Paul White’s suggestion I am writing to you…” • Reply to McGinn, Sylvester. – October 8, 1932. – 1 page. Regarding discussion of the above mentioned case. Includes bibliographic references. • McGinn, Sylvester. – Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. – October 28, 1932. – 2 pages. [on Paul Dudley White, M.D. letterhead] Regarding bibliographic references. • Reply to McGinn, Sylvester. – November 2, 1932. – 1 page. Regarding bibliographic references. • McGinnis, R.S. – Cleveland, Ohio. – August 8, 1937. – 1 telegraph. • McGinnis – 3 electrocardiograms. – n.d. • Reply to McGinnis. – August 27, 1937. – 1 page. • McLatchie, Lola. – Calgary, Alta. – February 28, 1936. – 3 pages.

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“Thank you for being willing to look at my heart specimen.” [Includes a copy of Post Mortem Examination], No. [omitted]. • Reply to McLatchie. – April 2, 1936. -- 1 page. • McLester, James B. – Birmingham, Alabama. – January 5, 1939. – 2 pages. “An approximately twenty year old man entered the hospital complaining of hemoptysis as well as dyspnoea, palpitation, and slight edema of the ankles. These were all fairly recent. He had been told he had a “leaky heart” at the age of seven…” • Reply to McLester. – February 1, 1939. – 1 page. “This is undoubtly an instance of so called “double left auricle” in which an anomalous septum usually considered a malposed septum priumum, is displaced down-ward and to the left cutting off a larger upper chamber receiving the pulmonary veins and a smaller space just about the mitral valve…” • McLester. – February 6, 1939. – 1 page. • McPhedran, Harris – Univ. of Pennsylvania, The Henry Phipps Institute. – October 8, 1925. -- 1 page. – Case report 5 pages. “Pulmonary Stenosis: Patent Foramen Ovale: Acute Endocarditis: Hemiplegia: A Case Report” by Harris McPhedran.

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• Nichol, E. Sterling. – Miami. – November 12, 1935. – 2 pages. “Thank you so much for your letter of October 25th regarding the case of gonorrheal aortitis…” • Reply to Nichol. – November 16, 1936. – 1 page. Railway Express Agency shipping slip. • Nicolson, Gertrude. – New York. – April 11, 1928. – 1 page. Regarding identification and location of an article Abbott wrote about a “case of congenital heart block in a 14 mos. Female infant with defective ventricular septum and patent ductus.” • Reply to Nicolson. – April 20, 1928. – 1 page.

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• Olafson, Peter. – New York State Veterinary College at Cornell Univ. – June 26, 1934. – 1 page. “I wonder if you would be kind enough to send me reprints that you might have dealing with congenital cardiac disease. I am intending to write up some cases that I have encountered in animals. Do you have any information concerning congenital dilation of the auricles” • Reply to Olafson. – June 29, 1934. – 1 page. “I am much interested in cardiac anomalies occurring in animals, and also comparative anatomy of the heart, and will be greatly obliged if you will

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send me any publications of your own upon this subject which you may have now or in the future…” • Olsen, J.G. – Ogden, Utah. – January 10, 1933. – 1 page. [On E.R. Dumke, M.D. letterhead] Regarding thanks for reprints received from Abbott and general comments on several possibilities for future study. • Oppenheimer, B.S. – New York. – May 2, 1933. 1 -- page. “I am presenting some cases of so-called idiopathic dilatation of the pulmonary artery…I am trying to find cases in the literature…” • Osgood, Rudolf. – Tufts College Med. School, Boston, Mass. – July 23, 1936. -- 2 pages. “I am enclosing copies of autopsy protocols of two cases in which there were congenital anomalies of the heart responsible for death...” • October 7, 1936 – February 8, 1937. – 6 pages of correspondence between Osgood and Abbott concerning two cases: mitral atresia and a case of true pericardial defect (Abbott states she has never seen before). • February 15, 1937 – March 3, 1937. – 4 pages of correspondence between H. Edward MacMahon and Abbott in reference to the Osgood cases. • 10 pages related to Case # [omitted] at Evangeline Booth Hospital, Boston, Mass. • 7 pages of related to Pathology No. [omitted].

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• Palmer, Robert Sterling. – Boston, Mass. – April 11, 1934. – 1 page. – Abstract translation. – 3 pages. “Enclosed is an abstract of the article from my bibliography in which you were interested.” • Reply to Palmer. – April 16, 1934. – 1 page. “Thank you very much for the abstract of your interesting case of “Pregnancy in Congenital Heart Disease” which I am very glad to have for my files.” • Park, Edwards A. – The Johns Hopkins Hospital. – November 1, 1932. – 1 page.

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• Rabinowitz, Meyer A. – Brooklyn, New York. – September 29, 1925. – 2 pages. “In reference to my two cases: - Case I. - Female, aged 17…Case II. – Female, aged 13…” • Rabinowitz, Meyer A. – July 12, 1926. – 1 page. “Enclosed you will find both copies of my cases of Pulmonary Endarteritis.”

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Abstract-- Case J. F. Female. Admitted September 12, 1925, Discharged September 29, 1925, Died at home January 1926 –no autopsy. – 4 pages. Summary Case of R.C. Admitted March 4, 1923 and died March 29, 1925. -- 5 pages. • Rabinowitz, Meyer A. – August 8, 1926. – 1 page. • Rappaport, B. Z. – Univ. of Illinois, College of Medicine. – January 22, 1923. – 1 page. “… a recent autopsy found an aneurismal outpouching of the fossa ovalis…” • Hague Rea, Marion. – Philadelphia. – April 15, 1940. – 1 page. – 5 orthodiagrams on onion paper. “Enclosed are the 5 orthodiagrams made by Dr. McMillan’s Heart Clinic at PGH. • 1 small piece of note paper with [unidentified] penciled notes. Appears to be dated April 2, 1940. • From Dr. Lucke to Rea. – April 23, 1940. – 1 page. • Reeves, James R. – Univ. of Arkansas, School of Medicine. – January 27, 1937. – 2 pages. – 3 drawings. “…white male age 42 years (railroad employee). The post mortem examination was done because of the type of death and the circumstances which suggested poisoning.” • Reply to Reeves. – February 6th, 1937. – 1 page. “I can see no reason for the great dilation of the coronary sinus and inferior vena cava that manifestly exists. So I think it would be well to forward me the specimen as you suggest…” • Reeves, James R. – February 19, 1937. – 1 page. “Complying with your suggestion we are sending the specimen to you…The puzzling thing to me is why the opening of the coronary sinus into the auricle should be patent permitting the regurgitation of blood into the sinus…” • Reichle, Herbert S. – City Hospital, Cleveland. – April 17, 1936. – 7 pages. “I am sending you, under separate cover, a specimen which I think represents an atresia of bulb, root ascending aorta…I am enclosing a copy of the protocol. • (Cleveland Hospital Autopsy No. [omitted]). • Richter, A.B. – Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. – March 2, 1935. – 1 page. “At autopsy a few months ago I discovered an unusual heart which is being studied for a case report. The pathological changes are: subaortic stenosis, congenital bicuspid aortic valve (commissure between right and left cusps) with extension of the syphilitic disease of the root of the aorta into each commissure, including the raphe, and severe gummatous involvement of the posterior aortic cusp in which were demonstrated numerous spirochetes.” • Reply to Richter. – April 3, 1935. – 2 pages. • Richter, A.B. – April 10, 1935. – 1 page. • Ritchie, Gorton. – The Univ. of Wisconsin. – June 7, 1937. – 11 pages.

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1 page letter and 10 pages of protocol for M.E., white female. Autopsy # [omttited], October 23, 1936. • Ritchie, Gorton. – September 30, 1937. –1 page. Regarding autopsy # [omitted], requesting Abbott’s impression of the heart lesion. • Reply to Ritchie, Gorton. – October 8, 1937. – 1 page. “…it [the heart] presents a very interesting combination of dextroposition of the aorta with large interventricular septal defect without stenosis of the pulmonary artery a condition that has been described by me as Eisemenger complex, and this is complicated by what appears to be a congenital bicuspid aortic valve marked stenosis, calcification and deformity of both the combined and single cusps…” • From Abbott to C.H. Bunting. – March 22, 1938. – 1 page. Regarding the heart mentioned above in Ritchie. • Ritchie, Gorton. – March 30, 1938. – 1 page. • Carns, M.L. – November 18, 1938. 1 page. • Reply to Carns. – November 28, 1938. 1 page. • Reply to Carns. – November 29, 1938. 1 page. • 2 copies of autopsy # [omitted] • Carns, M.L. – December 5, 1938. 1 page. • Ritchie, Gorton. – December 7, 1938. – 1 page. • Reply to Ritchie. – December 14, 1938. – 1 page. • Acknowledgement slip from Canada Post #1374 to Madison, Wis. • Two black and white photos: # [omitted], and # [omitted]. • Robson, George M. – Univ. of Pensylvania – August 27, 1931. – 1 page. – 1 reprinted article [pamphlet] – 9 pages. “As you requested, I am, sending you a reprint of my article ‘A persistent Ostium Atrioventriculare Commune with Septal Defects in a Mongolian Idiot.’” • Robson, George M. – Univ. of Pennsylvania. – September 1, 1931. – 1 page. – 5 black and white photos on Univ. of Penn. Histological Protocol letterhead, autopsy # [omitted]. Reported by Dr. Robson. • 8 pages of autopsy from the Pathological Laboratory, Univ. of Penn. # [omitted]. • Reply to Robson. – September 10, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding receiving the heart specimen.

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• Thin strip of paper with a bibliographic reference: Graebner, Hans. • From Abbott to Hugo Roesler. – May 30, 1931. – 1 page. Contains bibliographic references to articles and mention of photos sent by Abbott. • Roesler, Hugo. – July 5, 1931. – 1 page.

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• Roesler, Hugo. – Temple Univ., Philadelphia. – March 15, 1932. – 1 page. Thanking Abbott for citing him in her manuscript. • Correspondence between Abbott and Roesler: October 28, 1932 – November 12, 1932. – 11 pages. • Reprint of “Stenosis of the Pulmonary Conus at the Lower Bulbar Orifice (Conus a Separate Chamber) and Closed Interventricular Septum. With Two Illustrative Cases.” from the American Journal of the Medical Sciences. December, 1933, No. 6, vol. CLXXXVI, p. 860. [found among the above correspondence] • Sections from a manuscript entitled: “Congenital Cardio Vascular Malformations. Introduction; Pulmonary Stenosis; Patency of the Ductus Arteriosus; Coarctation of the Aorta; Persistent Right Sided Aortic Arch.; Interventricular septal Defect; Transposition of the great Arterial Trunk; Anomalies of the Large Veins; Other rare Conditions.” -- 22 pages. • Correspondence between Abbott and Roesler: November 21, 1934 - September 21, 1937. -- 18 pages. Manuscript entitled: “Interatrial Septal Defect” among the letters. 3 pages. • 3 black and white photos. – [name omitted]. -- # [omitted], 9/2/37 • Envelope from Roesler to Abbott from Philadelphia. • Roman, Benjamin. – The Buffalo Gen. Hospital, N.Y. – December 31, 1925. – 1 page. “Our case was a true acquired mesaortitic aneurysm with rupture into the pulmonary artery. It will be published in the Archives of Pathology of Dr. Gunn. • Roman, Benjamin. – The Buffalo Gen. Hospital, N.Y. – March 6, 1926. – 1 page. – 4 black and white photos. “Dr. Gunn is sending you, with his compliments, some photos of the heart and casts of the same, which you may keep. They are without legends, but the photos speak for themselves.” • Envelope from Dr. B. Roman from the Buffalo Gen Hospital, post dated March 6, 1925? • Roos, Allan. – The Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago. – January 4, 1934. -- 1 page. “Recently I did an autopsy on a two year old child [Mongolian Idiot] dying of myocardial insufficiency and found what to me is a most interesting congenital malformation of the heart and vessels…it seems to fall into the group which you have called the ‘Eisenmenger Complex.’ • Roos, Allan. – The Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago. – July 1, 1935. “At autopsy, I found what was essentially a Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonic stenosis beginning in the conus proximal to the very small bicuspid pulmonic valve. Also present was a wide open foramen ovale. • Roos, Allan. – September 27, 1935. 1 hand written page. “… specimen from a female infant about 8 months of age—who had suffered from a complete congenital heart block…” • Reply to Roos. – October 2, 1935. – 1 page.

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“I would be very interested indeed to see your specimen of complete congenital heart block if you will forward it to me as you say.” • Roos, Allan. – October 25, 1935. – 1 page. • Reply to Roos. – November 13, 1935. – 1 page. Regarding the two specimens mentioned above. • Canada Pacific Telegraphs. Telegram from Roos. – November 14, 1933. • Two Certificates for Post Office Registration #3800 and #463. – n.d. [very small squares of paper]

• Reply to Roos. – January 24, 1936. – 1 page.

“The clinical data are as follows: the child, a girl, was the first pregnancy, the mother and father in good health. The child was born at term, weighing 6 ¾ lbs…” • Autopsy Report. – April 6, 1932. – 3 pages. • Rosedale, Raymond S. – February 2, 1934. -- 1 page. • Rosedale, Raymond S. – June 23, 1934. 1 -- page. • Reply to Rosedale. -- July 10, 1934. – 1 page • Rothschild, Marcus A. – New York. – July 15, 1931. – 1 page. “…in regard to our case of pulmonary insufficiency with a supernumerary cusp…” • Royce, Clayton E. – Duval County Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida. – August 17, 1935. – 1 page. Regarding case # [omitted] of Duval County Hospital… “this case, diagnosed at post mortem, is a female age three, one of twins, the other being perfectly healthy…The records show the left border of the heart in anterior auxiliary line and no enlargement to the right. There was no thrill…” • Reply to Royce. – September 3, 1935. – 1 page. • Rubin, Solomon H. – Roxbury, Mass. – February 12, 1924. – 3 pages. Regarding “a seven months old baby, born at full term, instrumental delivery who exhibited deep cyanosis three hours after delivery…a diagnosis of congenital heart was made…for several months the baby has had periodic attacks of cyanosis, accompanied by flexion of the thighs, rapid respiration, expression of anxiety, and rapid pulse in excess of the rate which is consistent with the age of the child.” • From Abbott to: Rypins, Harold. – Univ. of the state of New York. – May 17, 1926. – 1 page. “I think the diagnosis is pretty clear that there is a patent ductus arteriosus complicating the combination that is so common in congenital diseases, namely, pulmonary stenosis or atresia interventricular septal defect and aorta displaced to the right …”

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• Sabrazes, Professor. – Universite de Bordeaux. – June 1932. – 1 page. [handwritten in French] Thanking Abbott for [Atlas of] “Congenital Heart disease” additional information inn next edition • Reply to Sabrazes. – September 7, 1932. – 1 page. Regarding Sabrazes reviewing Abbott’s article from Nelson’s Loose leaf Medicine [article title unspecified in letter] in the Archives des Maladies du Coeur and the Bordeaux Gazette Hebdomadaire. • Saccone, Andrea. – Metropolitan Hospital, Welfare Island, New York. – August 6, 1936. – 1 page. Regarding “a very interesting little heart from a three day old infant…we made the diagnosis of coarctation of aorta…we would like to forward this heart to you for your opinion.” • Reply to Saccone. – August 11, 1936. – 1 page. • Samuels, Saul. – New York. – September 9, 1939. – 1 page. “In the revision of my book on diseases of the peripheral arteries, under the discussion of paradoxical embolism, I am wondering whether it is correct to state that the diagnosis of paten foreman ovale cannot be made clinically.” • Reply to Samuels. – September 13, 1939. – 1page. “Replying to your letter of September 9th, diagnosed in the majority of cases of long standing. This diagnosis is based on the general habitus of the patient, on the fluoroscope and electrocardiograph findings and on the clinical aspects rather than on the physical signs…” • St. George, A. V. – Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, Pathological Dept., New York. – December 31, 1923. – 1 page. “Recently I had occasion to autopsy a seven month old foetus with a heart exposed—the so called Ectopia Cordis Nuda Pectoralis. I can find very few references in the literature, and I was wondering whether you could tell me where I may find some details on this subject.” • Reply to St. George. – January 5, 1924. – 1 page. • Saphir, Otto. – Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago. – April 28, 1936. – 5 pages. “Please find enclosed…the abstract of “Congenital Aneurysm” enclosed and the bibliography, in case you should need it.” • Reply to Saphir. – May 11, 1936. – 1 page. • Schnitker, Maurice A. – Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass. – April 18, 1936. – 4 pages. – 5 electrocardiograms. Case Abstract of “Miss [name omitted], white, single, student nurse age 25. • Schnitker, Maurice A. – Toledo, Ohio. – March 27, 1940. – 2 pages. Regarding mis-quoting Abbott in his book. • Schuster, N. – Royal Chest Hospital, E.C. – November 8, 1932. – 2 pages. Regarding a case of coarctation with multiple aneurysms at the origin of anastomotic vessels. • Reply to Schuster. – November 30, 1932. – 2 pages. • Schuster, Noah? – Royal Chest Hospital, E.C. – n.d. – 1 page.

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• Schwartz(?), Sidney P. – Montefiore Hospital for Chronic Diseases. – New York. – May 8, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding thanks for sending a reprint. • Sclar, Meyer. – New York. – December 20, 1930. – 1 page. Regarding thanks for sending a reprint

• Reply from Abbott to: Scott, R. W. – Cleveland City Hospital. – July 9, 1923. – 2 pages. “I was very much interested in your letter of June 30th regarding your two cases of aneurysm involving the right aortic sinus of the valsalva and rupturing into the pulmonary artery.”

• Scott, R. W. – Cleveland City Hospital. – July 28, 1923. – 1 page. Regarding Abbott’s opinion of whether his “two cases really merit publication.” • Reply to Scott. – August 1, 1923. – 1 page. • Settlage, Arnold. – Children’s Hospital, Boston, Mass. – March 6, 1933. – 2 pages. “…found a dilation of the ductus arteriosus in one of my cases...I was unable to find any reference to that particular work and I wondered whether you could send me the reference…” • Reply to Settlage. – April 20, 1933. – 1 page. • Shapiro, M. J. – Minneapolis. – May 3, 1932. – 1 page. “I am studying a seventeen year old boy who has been under observation of our clinic since the age of seven…Examination at the present time shows an unmistakable case of coarctation of the aorta…I feel justified in reporting this single instance of coarctation of the aorta.” • Sherman, G. A. – Univ. of Michigan, University Hospital. – July 17, 1928. – 1 page. “I have been interested lately in finding out what percentage of cases with congenital pulmonary stenosis die of pulmonary tuberculosis or develop the disease in their life.” • Sherman, G. A. – Univ. of Michigan, University Hospital. – July 17, 1928. – 1 page. “Thank you very much for your recent letter regarding pulmonary tuberculosis as a terminal factor in pulmonic stenosis.” • Sidenberg, Stanley S. – Cleveland. – August 9, 1939. – 1 page. “I should like to ask you to clear up a point for me. In a case of Tetralogy of Fallot, the patient died at nine years of age, was posted and the diagnosis verified the stenosis occurring in the pulmonary conus…I should like to know whether the small size of the entire heart is the usual finding in and out and out Tetralogy of Fallot…” • Reply to Sidenberg. – August 16, 1939. – 1 page. • Skinner, Clarence E. – New York. – September 27, 1928. – 1 small handwritten card. Requesting reprints.

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• Smallwood, W.C. – Edgbaston, Birmingham. – March 21, 1939. – 2 pages. “I have under my care at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital an infant of a year old with a large liver, spleen and a very large heart. The x-ray is suggestive of idiopathic hypertrophy…The infant’s condition is deteriorating and I expect shortly to have an opportunity of confirming the clinical diagnosis… I am writing to you for suggestions as to how the heart should be opened and how preserved as a specimen.” • Smith, Shirley K. – 111 Harley Street, W.1. – June 17, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding sending a reprint Abbott has requested. • Smyth, P. P. – Big Valley, Alta. – September 6, 1921. – 4 pages. Regarding sending Abbott a heart specimen for her opinion. • Reply to Smyth. – September 22, 1921. – 1 page. Regarding the heart specimen of “patent foramen ovale, well developed pulmonary stenosis of inflammatory type, localized to the valves, and a large defect at the base of the interventricular septum deviating t the right of the aorta ….” • Smyth, P. P. – October 11, 1921. – 1 page. • Sprenkel, Vaughan. – Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. – December 1, 1933. – 8 pages. [includes protocol mentioned below] Baby P., a white female weighing 6lbs and 13 ounces… “I have recently performed an autopsy on a case of complete situs inversus viscerum associated with an interesting combination of congenital cardiac defects, a full description of which is contained in the endorsed protocol…I was wondering if you would be kind enough to examine the heart specimen which I am sending under separate cover and to criticize the description.” • Reply to Sprenkel.—December 9, 1933. – 2 pages. • Sprenkel, Vaughan. – December 19, 1933. – 1 page. • Sprenkel, Vaughan. – February 13, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding a title and subtitle for the case report of Baby P. • Sprenkel, Vaughan. – March 15, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding case report for Baby P. • Reply to Sprenkel. – March 20, 1934. – 1 page. • Sprenkel, Vaughan. – June 1, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding the autopsy of a heart Vaughn assisted. “This heart presented an interventricular defect of the septal portion combined with a congenital thinning of the right aortic sinus of Valsalva…” • Reply to Sprenkel. – June 5, 1934. – 1 page. • Sprenkel, Vaughan. – June 16, 1934. – 1 page. “Regarding the forwarding of “the heart showing the bulbar septal defect with the congenital thinning of the right aortic sinus.” • Reply to Sprenkel. – June 28, 1934. – 1 page. • Congenital Cardiac Anomaly. Museum Entry Sheet, McGill University, Entry number [omitted]. – 7 pages. • Stalker, Hugh. – Grosse Point, Michigan. – August 25, 1932. – 2 pages.

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Requesting as sample of Abbott’s handwriting for his collection and a question about the rarity of cases of dextro-cardiology as an anomaly. • Stalker, Hugh. – September 14, 1934. – 2 pages. Regarding a case of “so-called pulmonary aneurysm, which I spoke to you, also a brief history of the case.” • Reply to Stalker. – November 7, 1934. – 1 page. • Case # [omitted], Age 40. – n.d. – 1 page. • Pen and ink drawing on card stock of “Case of Pulmonary Aneurysm.” Dr. Hugh Stalker. • Letter addressed to Miss Graham, Secretary to Dr. Abbott. – October 18, 1934. – 1 page. Regarding photographs of x-rays—have they been received? • Stephenson, R. – Univ. of Minnesota, the Medical School. -- February 16, 1926. – 1 page. “The case of a 3 ½ months infant, apparently normal till 6 weeks, developing at this time gradual symptoms of esophageal obstruction. At autopsy the heart was greatly dilated, particularly the left auricle and ventricle…” • Reply to Stephenson. – February 16, 1926. – 1 page. • Stephenson, R. – Mayo Clinic. -- May 15, 1926. – 1 page. • University of Minnesota, Dept. of Pathology autopsy report # [omitted]. – 2 pages. • Stewart, Harold. – The Jefferson Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia. – January 23, 1933 to March 23, 1934. – 17 pages. Correspondence related to sepia drawings and Abbott’s assistance with a manuscript. • Steiner, M. M. – Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn. – July 17, 1936. – 1 page. Requesting bibliographic references for cases referred to in Osler’s Modern Medicine. • Stockard, C. R. – The American Assoc. of Anatomists, Cornell University. – May 2, 1921. – 1 page. “It would seem from the description of this case that the condition of situs inversus is limited to the ventricles and the arterial trunks and aortic arch…” • Reply to Stockard, C. R. – May 4, 1921. – 1 page. • Strong, G. F. – , B.C. – December 18, 1931. – 1 page. “A recent case of coarctation of the aorta may interest you. This was a boy of 19 who died suddenly while skating. I saw him 12 months before for a subacute rheumatic infection, during which he developed evidence of an aortic valvular endocarditis…At autopsy there was a hemopericardium with a rupture of the first part of the aorta which was dilated and very thin walled…” • Reply to Strong. – December 31, 1931. – 1 page. • Strong, G. F. – January 30, 1932. – 1 page.

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“I have seen two additional cases of coarctation of the aorta since writing you the details of the first in December.” • Reply to Strong. – February 11, 1932. – 1 page. Regarding Strong’s attempt to have his cases of coarctation of the aorta published in the CMA. • Correspondence between Strong and Abbott relating to the two cases mentioned in above letters. February 24, 1932-March 29, 1932. – 5 pages. • Correspondence between Strong and Abbott – July 2, 1937-May 3, 1938. – 11 pages. [includes autopsy reports] Relating to: “…patient with the congenital heart that died of subacute bacterial endocarditis. These specimens were forwarded to you by express and I hope arrived in good condition. Please let me have a note from you as to your diagnosis of the congenital heart condition.” • Stroud, W. D. – Philadelphia. – September 10, 1930 – September 21, 1932. – 16 pages. Correspondence between Stroud and Abbott related to publishing an article, “Congenital Cardiac Abnormalities,” written by Abbott for the Cyclopedia of Medicine. • Szypulski, John. – Philadelphia – March 31, 1936. – 1 page. “Another student and I have undertaken the problem of looking over autopsy records at the Philadelphia General and the university hospitals for cases of deaths that have shown congenital heart diseases. I have spoken with Dr. Krumbhaar, and was advised to write you and inquire as to how many different and what types of abnormalities should be listed separately.” • Reply to Szypulski. – April 6, 1936. – 1 page.

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• Talley, James E. – Philadelphia. – December 11, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding sending reprints Abbott requested. • Taussig, H.B. – Johns Hopkins Hospital. – April 1, 1935. – 1 page. “I am trying to find out what the various opinions are concerning the use of digitalis in acute rheumatic myocarditis. The question before us is whether it is indicated or counterindicated in the acute, fulminating, toxic cases, and in such cases when, if ever, it is indicated…?” • Abstract and History of male, coloured, born 6-24-30 (lived 16 weeks) H.L.H # [omitted]. Admitted to the Harriet Lane Home on June 25, 1930. -- 9 pages. [p/c with identifying features erased included in file] • Reply to Taussig. – April 15, 1935. – 1 page. • Taussig. – April 23, 1935. – 1 page. Letter of thanks to Abbott for her reply. • Letter to Maude Abbott for Helen Taussig. – December 1, 1936. [letter is absent from file. Left in its place is a marker with date of letter] • Taussig, H.B. – December 5, 1936. – 1 page.

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• Addressed to Miss Edna Graham, Secretary to Dr. Maude Abbott. “Would you also ask her whether the left auricle enlarges in cases of truncus arteriosus without a patent ductus in which the lungs are supplied through the bronchial arteries. We had a case recently with an enormous left auricle and just why the auricle was so big still puzzles me.” • Reply to Taussig. – December 31, 1936. – 2 pages.

• Taussig, H.B. – January 1, 1937. – 1 page. “I am glad to send you photographs of the two cases which we have had in Harriet Lane.” • Male case—“At autopsy he had a inter-auricular septal defect with Mitral Insufficiency and and a narrowed pulmonary artery.” • Female case—“At autopsy she had an inter-auricular septal defect, a mitral stenosis, dilated pulmonary artery and a hypoplasia of the aorta.”

• Reply to Taussig. – January 6, 1937. – 2 pages. • Taussig, H.B. – June 12, 1936. – 1 page. – 1 X-ray. – 2 electrocardiograms. • One brown envelope addressed to Abbott from Taussig. • Taylor, Frederick R. – High Point, N.C. – October 16, 1933-December 26, 1935. – 14 pages. – 1 reprint. Correspondence between Taylor and Abbott concerning Taylor’s reprint article, “Differential Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Diseases and Allied Conditions,” from Southern Medicine & Surgery, vol. 9, September, 1933. Taylor uses Abbott as a primary resource for the chart he proposes in his article. • Correspondence related to Taylor’s questions about Bernard Myers’ presentation of his case of pulmonary atresia from the 1934 proceedings of the Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association of North America (Philadelphia Meeting). The subject of von Gierke’s glycogen disease in the causation of so-called idiopathic hyper trophy of the heart. • Terplan, Kornel. – Buffalo, N.Y. – June 13, 1934. – 2 pages. [S. Sanes for Terplan] “Three congenital were mailed to you today.” 1. # [omitted] Rhabdomyoma: E.B., 9 month-old white male. 2. # [omitted] True Transposition of Great Vessels: H.R., 2 day-old white male. 3. # [omitted] Pulmonic Stenosis: R.S., five month old white male. • Reply to Sanes. – June 30, 1934. – 1 page. • Sanes. – July 6, 1934. – 1 page. • Terry, B.T. – Univ. of Texas. – March 23, 1933. – 1 page. Regarding a heart specimen that was to be packed and sent to Abbott that was delayed. • Thatcher, Harvey S. – Southern Medical Assoc. – October 24, 1932. – 1 page. – 2 pages of drawings of heart.

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“…heart was removed from a colored infant, 6 days old. The Mother was a chrondrodystrophic type and had been in labour fifty-six hours before Caesarian was performed…We found a plug of mucus in trachea with petechiae which pointed to death from asphyxiation.” • Reply to Thatcher. – October 29, 1932. – 1 page. • Requesting a full description of the heart from the autopsy report. • Thatcher. – November 8, 1932. – 1 page. • University of Arkansas. Department of Pathology. Autopsy Report No. G-54. – April 18, 1932. – 4 pages. • Thatcher. – University of Arkansas. – June 13, 1935-April 2, 1936. – 35 pages. [includes autopsy report, copy of autopsy report and billing slips for shipping of the specimen]. • Correspondence related to the description, drawing, and publication of Case No. [omitted] of Children’s Hospital, Little Rock Arkansas. Abbott writes in letter dated September 24, 1935: “I find that the right pulmonary vein empties into the coronary sinus which is hugely distended and thence into the right auricle through an enormous sinus orifice with crescentic border, just below the valve which separates it from the mouth of the inferior vena cava…” • Tollman, J.P. – Univ. of Nebraska. – February 3, 1940. – 1 page. – 1 small b/w photograph. “We recently found a congenital heart legion at necropsy, which I have interpreted as failure of fusion of the endocardial cushions, with no other abnormality. This child of four months had had quite frequent attacks of cyanosis.” • Reply to Tollman. – February 23, 1940. – 1 page. “Many thanks for your letter with the interesting photograph attached. I see from the letter that your case is a typical instance of persistent ostium atrioventriculare, being a combined defect at the lower part of the auricular and upper part of the interventricular septa.” • Touzel, C.S.E. – Children’s Memorial Hospital, Montreal. – November 7, 1930. – 3 pages. “I am enclosing a clinical summary of that case you were so kind as to go over with me and also a typewritten copy of the examination of the heart…” [name omitted]. Age 9 months; Date; October 28, 1930. • Reply to Touzel. – November 12, 1930. – 1 page. “Very many thanks for the copy of the anatomical description of the case of patent foramen ovale, with hypoplasia of the aorta (B.T.), which you kindly forwarded me, together with the clinical summary.” • Towne, A. – Onandaga Health Association, Syracuse, N.Y. – October 16, 1931. – 1 page. Regarding “human twins (viable) from various points of view. Just at present I am preparing a manuscript on the surgical separation of such twins, and I wish to include mention of the case of the Foster infants who

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were born in Baltimore, , July 7, 1931 and who were separated directly after birth, one dying on July 25, the other July 30…” • Vilvandre, Geo Ernest. – 4 Park Crescent, Portland Place, W.1. – n.d. – 1 page. [handwritten] Enclosing a recommended book, “Arteriographie des Membres & de L’ Aorte Abdominale” by Reynoldo dos Santos et al.

• Vokes, H. A. S. – May 30, 1936. – 1 page. [handwritten] “For a country physician with one very cyanosed congenital heart case…” Regarding a 5 year old patient Vokes has treated with Mead Johnstons mineral tablets, cod liver oil and neochemical food. Reports that the patient has improved. • Vokes, H. A. S. – January 15, 1937. – 1 page. [handwritten] Regarding specimen and Abbott’s opinion of bringing up heart conditions at county medical society meetings.

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• Walker, W. D. – Australia. – 27/11/32. – 1 page. – 2 b/w photographs. Regarding the return of photographs to Abbott. • Weingart, Julius, S. – Iowa Methodist Hospital. – January 16, 1932. – 3 pages. – 2 b/w photographs. “Because of your interest in congenital anomalies of the heart, I am taking the liberty of sending you an autopsy report and photographs of a case of transposition of the great vessels, which came under observation recently. The child lived about 36 hours after birth and was intensely cyanotic. You may keep the photographs and report if you wish.” • Reply to Weingart. – January 22, 1932. – 1 page. • Hill, Lee Forrest. – Des Moines, Iowa. -- February 4, 1932. – 1 page. [Related to above case sent by Weingart] Summary of clinical history and physical examination of baby [name omitted]. • Carden, Cla? -- February 4, 1932. – 1 page. [Related to above case sent by Weingart] • Page torn out from journal which contains a review of Modern Medicine Its Theory and Practice. circa 1927. – 1 page. • Weiss, Edward. – Philadelphia. – May 12, 1926. – 9 pages. Correspondence between Weiss and Abbott from May 1926-September 13, 1935 related to specimens and autopsies. • Whitaker, Lorne. – Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Canada. – September 20, 1939. – 1 page. – 1 pencil drawing of heart. “A Case of Congenital Heart Disease came to autopsy the other day and I am taking the liberty of writing you concerning the matter. The patient was a male child, 3 months of age who had been cyanotic and dyspnoeic

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from birth. It was found that the aorta and pulmonary arteries were transposed, with patent foramen ovale but having the ductus arteriosus obliterated. I have made a very rough sketch of the condition which I am enclosing.” • Reply to Whitaker. – October 10, 1939. – 1 page. “Your case is exceptional in the fact that the ductus is completely closed in the presence of a closed interventricular septum…” • Whitaker, Lorne. – Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Canada. – December 11, 1939. – 3 pages. Report on the heart of a male infant, aged 3 months (case of Lorne Whitaker) • Reply to Whitaker. – December 15, 1939. – 1 page • White, Paul Dudley. – Mass. General Hospital, Boston. -- May 22, 1928. – 2 pages. “We have made a striking discovery. You may recall that the fourth case of congenital heart disease which we reported in Rochester, New York, last year was still alive at the age of 58 ½ years. We were bold enough to make a diagnosis as you may remember of Tetralogy of Fallot. The paper was published in the American Heart Journal for last October, Volume III, page 77…Two weeks ago he had left hemiplegia which persisted completely. He died three days ago at the age of 59 and a little less than 8 months. His heart showed a moderately large interventricular septal defect about 3 cm. in diameter with low pulmonic or rather infundibular stenosis, dextroposition of the aorta and a large right ventricle, thus confirming the diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot….” • Correspondence between Abbott and White (32 pages) related to subjects such as Pulmonary stenosis with ventricular septal defect, congenital pulmonary regurgitation, pulmonary endocarditis, and subacute bacterial endarteritis of pulmonary artery, etc. Also included are discussions related to editing, publishing and reporting of several cases. Includes autopsy report, 2 electrocardiograms and drawings. • Wiglesworth, F. W. – Children’s Memorial Hospital, Montreal. – January 13, 1937. – 3 pages. “I enclose the summary of the findings of [name omitted], which I had spoken to you about.” • Wigglesworth, F. W. – Children’s Memorial Hospital, Montreal. – March 11, 1939. – 12 pages. – 1 b/w photograph. “Enclosed please find the protocols of the last two congenital heart cases which I showed you a short time ago. • Wilcox, L. D. – London, Canada. – March 16, 1935. – 2 pages. Regarding a case of patent ductus in a 27 year old female. • Reply to Wilcox. – March 20, 1935. – 2 pages. “…I am extremely interested in your case of patent ductus and your suggestion that the condition might be cured by ligation of this channel.” • Wilkinson, K. Douglas. – Edgbaston. – October 3, 1935. – 1 page.

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“Notes about [name omitted]: - he was a young man of 21, well built and powerful. He had been at college training to be a teacher, and he played games…” • Williams, S. L. – Montreal General Hospital. – March 28, 1935. – 1 page. Regarding two cases of bicuspid aortic valve.

• Wilson, O. G. – Canton, Ohio. – January 30, 1936. – 1 page. – 1 b/w photograph. “I am enclosing a photograph of a which I thought possibly might be of sufficient interest to warrant reporting. There is a patent foramen ovale a septal defect immediately above the mitral valve and a defect of the mitral valve accompanied by considerable myocardial hypertrophy. • Reply to Wilson. – April 4, 1936. – 1 page. • Wilson, O. G. – Canton, Ohio. – May 13, 1936. – 1 page. “The following is a resume of the case of Persistent Ostium Primum of which I sent you a picture some time ago.” • Wolf, I. J. – Paterson, N.J. – July 18, 1938. – 5 pages. “I am taking the liberty of sending you the enclosed manuscript [“Arterial Occlusion of the Left Upper Extremity in a Mongoloid Idiot with Congenital Heart Disease”]. I would appreciate any suggestions you have…” • Wolf, I. J. – Paterson, N.J. – July 13, 1938. – 1 page. Requesting a reply from Abbott. • Reply to Wolf. – September 19, 1938. – 1 page. “I must apologize for not having replied to your enquiry of July 18th sooner…the condition you describe is unusual and well worth publishing. I would suggest adding to the title…”

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• Yater, Wallace. M. – Georgetown University. – Washington, D.C. – April 21, 1931- January 21, 1937. – 4 pages. Correspondence regarding the exchange of reprints and a case of “auricular-ventricular block in the large interauricular septal defect. I feel quite sure that the bundle has not been followed in a case of this description and I hope very much you will publish your study of it.” • de Zalka, Edmund. – Budapest. – February 20, 1927. – 1 page. – [Unidentified] b/w photograph of heart. – n.d. “The other day I did a very interesting post mortem on a child who died on isolated mycotic endocarditis of the pulmonary valves. On the aorta just above the valves there was an aneurysm of the size of a pea….” • de Zalka, Edmund. – Budapest. – March 27, 1932. – 1 page. “To-day I posted an interesting malformation of the pulmonary artery: Baby, 6 days old. Right lung deeply cyanotic. Persisting Ductus Botalli.

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The pulmonary artery giving just one branch leading to the left lung, otherwise normal. The right pulmonary artery comes from the Arteria anonyma. Pulmonary veins normal. No other malformations. Diffuse cyanosis.” • Abbott. – April 25, 1933. – 1 page. Regarding references sent to de Zalka. • de Zalka. – October 17, 1936. – 1 page. “A young Swiss doctor who is working with us, is studying a case of malformation of the , resembling in many respects case 5, plate X. I would greatly appreciate if you could send me some literary data in this matter.” “We had another interesting case the other day. Newborn with diaphragmatic hernia, two atria, one ventricular, one common ostium venosum, aorta originating from it an pulmonary arteries originating from the aorta.” • Reply to de Zalka. – January 9, 1937. – 2 pages. • de Zalka. – February 16, 1937. – 1 page. • Zimmerman, Arnold A. – Univ. of Illinois, College of Medicine. – October 11, 1933. – 1 page. “I should like to ask you whether you would be kind enough to read the enclosed note on an apparently rare anomaly of the fetal heart…” • Reply to Zimmerman. – October 13, 1933. – 1 page. “Needless to say I was very interested in the account of your very rare cardiac anomaly and in the remarkably fine drawings which accompany it.” • Zimmerman. – October 17, 1933. – 1 page. Requesting approval from Abbott to include her statement regarding his case in his manuscript. • Reply to Zimmerman. – October 28, 1933. – 1 page. • Abbot to Zimmerman. – September 13, 1935. – 1 page. “I am compiling an Atlas of Congenital Cardiac Disease, and would like to include a picture of the curious anomaly you reported in the Anatomical Record, 1934, v.58, p. 245…” • Zimmerman. – September 16, 1935. – 1 page. Reply to Abbott’s letter of September 13th. • Abbott to Zimmerman. – September 24, 1935. – 1 page. – 1 pencil drawing containing (3) three figures. “I acknowledge with thanks the original sketch of the heart in your case, and also the specimen which reached me safely yesterday in perfect condition.” • McGill University. Medical Museum Entry Sheet. – September 20, 1935. – 1 page. • Typed copy of reprint “A Rare Cardiac Anomaly of a Human Fetus.” by Zimmerman. • Reprint of typed copy above from the 1934. Anat. Rec., v. 58, no. 3, Feb 25.

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I 1 Program and invitation of the meeting of the 1934 Section on Medical History of the College of P~ysicians of Philadelphia, Feb. 12, 1934. Included in the program, "Osler's contributions to mediCine, especially heart diseases, with references to his canadain period", by Maude Abbott. 2 Notice of an address, "Congenital heart 1933 I " " disease" by Maude Abbott, April 28, 1933, I in the auditorium of the Medical Society of the District of columbia, under the auspices of the Washington Heart Associatio • j 3 Final program of the American College of 1933 " " seventeenth Annual Clinical SeSSion, Montreal, Can., Feb. 6-10, 1933 . .. 4 Menu and program of the banquet of the Americ n 1933 " " College of Physicians. Feb. 9, 1933, wind­ • sor Hotel, Montreal. 5 Montreal Medico - Chirurgica1 Society I 191U-19ll " " Programmes of 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th regu­ lar meeting with lists of pathological spe­ cimens to be exhibited; 1910-11. Two copies of programme of 5th meeting.

6 Programme of the Quarter Century Anniversary f 1904 II " of the Mcei11 Medical Society, Feb. 3, 1904 Royal Victoria College. 7 Invitation to a Dinner in honour of D. Bryson! 1930 " " be1avan, M.D. by the Section of Laryng010gi New york Academy of Medicine.. May 1, 1930 • 8 Address by Harry A. Mackey, Mayor of the cit~ 1931 " " of Philadelphia before the members of the I American Medical Association.- . I' Academy of Music, June 9, 1931 •. 9 program of the annual meeting of the Americar 1933 " " Association of the History of Medicine, Washington, 'D.C., May 8, 1933. 10 Program for the annual scientific session of 1933 " " the Medical SOCiety of the District of M:.L Columbia. April 25-26, 1933. Letter, 1933 7, 1975

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April 20, from C.B. Conklin, Managing Edito 1933 Box 1 of the Medical Annals of the District of Columbia, with instructions (typescript, mimeograph) for contributors. 11 McGill Centennial Endowment. Publicity Commit ee [19291] " "McGill and medicine", by C.F. Martin [19291] 12 McGill University. " . Reunion of graduates in medicine and formal 1911 I opening of the new medical building, June I 5-6. 1911. Program 13 Invitation to a testimonial dinner to Dr. 1932 1 " Emanuel Libman on the occ.asion of the pre­ sentation of the Libman Anniversary Volumes being tendered to him in honor of his six­ tieth birthday, Oct. 15, 1932. New York • Announce~ent of "Contributions to the Medic 1 Sciences" a Festschrift in honor of Dr. • Emanu~l Libman, included. 14 Programme of the Canadian Medical Associationl 1902 " annual meeting, Montreal, Sept. 16-18, 1902 15 The Grand 41st Anniversary Celebration of 1908 " the Cook Regime. McGill Union, April 15, 1908. Menu and programme. I .16 Congress of fomerican Physicians and Surgeons. 1933 " Program of the fifteenth session to be held in the auditorium of the National. Museum, I ••. washington; D.C., May 9~lO, 1933. ! Together with the programs of the componentl associations and societies. . . 17 Exhibit illustrating the subject of the Fourtp 1931 " Annual Graduate Fortnight. "Disorders of I the Circulation". Oct. 19-30., 1931. • The New York Academy of Medicine. I List of.exhibits. 18 Bulletin of the American Heart Association, 1931 " Vol. VI. no. 6, Nov. 1931. Contains article on the American Heajt, iour :la1.

19 [Two copies of item no. 9, ~] ~ 'iQ n1'\ () 1933 " lcL ~~~~

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• It,rUINCr ITIM I DOCUMENT DATES • 20 International exposition, Chicago, 1933 1932-1933 Box 1 Official book of the fair 1932-1933. A century of progress. 21 American Association of Anatomists 1933 II Program of the forty-ninth session. Cinci­ nnati, Ohio, at the College of Medicine, university of Cincinnati, April 13-15, 1933. International Medical Club of Washington, D.C. 1933 It - Announcement of annual diplomatic luncheon, I 'April 28, 1933. I 23 American College of PhYSicians. 1933 Convocation program. Feb. 8, 1933. 1 24 Hudson's Bay Company 1929 " Historical exhibit gUide. 5th ed. [Sept. 1929] . 25 American A"ademy of Pediatrics. Region I. DinnE r 1940 " program. April 4, 1940. • 26 American ·Academy of Pediatrics. Region I 1940' II Annual meeting, April 4-6, 1940. program.­ washington, D.C. 27 Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania 1933 II Invitation to the 8lst .annual commencement, Germantown, philadelphia, June 7, 1933. 28 Bulletin of the New york Academy of Medicine, 1931 " 2nd ser., ~ol. 7, no. 11, Nov. 1931. Ms. note on cover: II See pg. 869- Dr. Libman s article.-Letter, 1931, Nov. 12, from Louis I ~ross, Director' of Exhibit, Graduate Fort- I' night, New York Academy of Medicine, to Maude E. Abbott, attached to. p •. 869. 29 British Medical Association and Canadian Med-i 1930 n ical Association. Joint convencion, I -, Aug. 26-29~ 1930. I Tour schedules. Inse.rted: Copy of Morris I Fishbein's account of the above meeting, "Dr. Pepys' Diary", reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association sent by Henry W. Cattell and requesting his :aL reSignation of the editorship of JAMA. 7 1975

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30 Canadian Medical Association 1928 Box 1 59th annual meeting, Charlottetown, June 18-22, 1928. Program. 31 British Medical Association 1930 " " The form and order of the official service of the 98th annual meeting, Aug. 26, 1930. 32 Mitchell, Ross 1930 " " The 1930 British Medical Association meetin~

o at Winnipeg. Detached from International I clinics, Dec., 1930. I 33 pathological Society of Great Brita~n and Ire­ 1930 " " land j [Bulletin containing agenda for 41st meetin~ , June 27, 1930. Also two ballot papers for two e lee tions ] • 34 British Me~ica1 Association 1930 " " Menu for °98th annual dinner; Winnipeg, Aug. 28, 19W. • Two copies, one with autographs. Also includes Menu of dinner in honour of women members of the British Medical Assoc. by the Federation of Medical Women of Cana­ da, Aug. 27, 1930. 35 British Medical Associ~tiori 1930 " • • I " "General informa tion for ladies". W~nn~peg meeting, I930.

36 American College of Physicians I 1933 " " Final program, 0 17 th annual clinical Montreal, Canada, Feb. 6-10, 1933. sessionl [ Cf. item no. 3]. 37 The Joseph Leidy Commemorative Meeting held i 1923 " " in Philadelphia, Dec. 6, 1923. [List of delegates and committee membecs]. I 38 The American Association of pathologists and 1 1934 " " Bacteri610gists o and Affiliated Societies Banquet and entertainment [menu and program .] Toronto, March 29, 1934. 39 Testimonial dinner to Dr. Emanuel Libman. 1932 " " Oct. 15, 1932. Seating list. Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New ~"L7. 1975 York.

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40 Medical Society of the State of New york • 1937 Box 1 Program of the l3lst annual meeting. Rochester, N.Y., May 24-26, 1937. 41 progress in the art and science of medicine 1937 " " thru photography. Eastman Theatre, May 26, 1937 .. Held under the auspices of Medical Society of the State of New York, the Uni- • versity of Rochester and the Eastman Kodak Co. [program]. 42 American Association of the History of Mediciru 1937 " " . 13th annual meeting, Atlantic City, N.J. I May 3, 1937. In honor of William Wood Ger­ I hard's differentiation of typhus from ty - phoid fever in 1837. j

43 Modern concepts of cardiovascular disease, 1936 " II v.S, no. 8, Aug. 1936. Contains "D~ffer­ entiating pains in the chest, ""by Lewis Gunther ... 44 Modern concepts of cardiovascuiar disease, 1936 " " • v.S, no. 9, Sep. 1936. Contains "The med­ ico-legal significance of heart disease"" by Jesse L. Carr. 45 Bulletin of the American Heart Association, 1936 " " v.ll, no. 3, Sept. 1936. Contains notice of publication of Atlas of Congenital Cardiac Disease, by M.E. Abbott.

·46 American Medical Association exposition, 1937 II 'I June 7-11, 1937, Atlantic City, N.J. Guide to meetings and exhibits; Diagram of I

exhibits; and List of eXhibi.tors. 11 47 American Heart Association 1937 II It Price List, 1937. pamphlets, books, films, slides, and clinic~l material. I 48 Bulletin of the American Heart Association, 1931 " II vol. 12,-' no. 2, June, 1937. I program"of 13th-scientific meetings [sic] of the American Heart Association, June 7-8 , 1937, Atlantic City, N.J. 49 Testimonial dinner tendered to Dr. Emanuel 1939 II It Libman by his pupils, •.• in honor of his L ~:. 60th birthday on the occasion of the pre- 7. 1975

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49 (cont'd) • sentation of the "Libman Anniversary Volumes" 1939 Box 1 Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, N.Y. List of Contri- butors [incl. Maude Abbott]. Also includes portrait, menu [on verso of which are MS . notes in hand of Maude Abbott who was one 0 the speakers]; seating list. [Cf. item no.l ,39]. [Second series: family letters. The following is Boxes 1-2 a description by H.E. MacDermot found atop he Folio Box bundle, with pencil note: "Given to Osler Library ca. 1954? according to C[ecile?] D[esbarats] .IJ "Most of Maude Abbott's papers in this file box are family letters from and to her sistE rs. These are of little use so far as I can see "For the rest there are the following: "(1) A great many letters and notes from Dr C.F. Martin to Maude Abbott, which I think should be kept and considered. Something might be made of them, if only as illustrat ng • his role as adviser and reprover! "(2) A small handful of letters from people I like Lady Osler, Archie Malloch, Walter Chi~man and Lady Drunnnond. ["etc." added in pencil.] I "I don't qui te know wha t to do wi th the se. I The letter from Archie Malloch might go ! I either to his wife or to his son. I "Those from Lady Osler might be kept in the Library. i I I "None of them is really very interesitng, t" except to those who knew the peeple involve . "(3) There are two quite good letters from i Bill Francis, which should be kept in the I [nOsIer" added in pencil] Library. • I "(4) A letter from the Secretary of McGill U ~i­ versity, .W.C. Baynes, to Maude Abbott grantlng her exemption from fees in the Faculty of Arts. This might go to Dr. Wiglesworth. "(5) Letters from Drs. H.S. Birkett and E.S Archibald. Both these are concerned with No 3 FO. O. L Canadian General Hospital, and are of some no. 7, 1975 interest historically.

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[Second series .•• ] (cont'd) "I have got rid of a number of quite use1eJs • Boxes 1-2 items such as picture postcards and Christ Folio BOl! mas greetings". ;'\ "[Signed] H.E. MacDermot" t7YI [.>/6/6] 50 On ename11ing,hy Mrs. [C.H.] Eas~lake the n.d. artist who painted Maude. Photograph of Mrs. Eastlake [1] included.

51 Letters to Maude Abbott from her sister, A1ic~ 1904-1919 Box 1 Abbott, 1904-1919. Mostly 1919; some unda­ ted. 52 Letters to Maude Abbott from her brother, rev 1916-1920 Harry M. Babin, 1916-17, 1920. 53 Letters from Walter Chipman, 1910, 1919-1920. 1910-1920 " " 54 Card from Lady Drummond (Julia Drummond), 1915 " " 1915.

55 Letters from Eva Morse Babin, 1917. One un­ 1917 II " dated. 56 Letters from-C.F. Martin, 1905-1922. Some 1905-1922 " " • undated. 57 , Letters from Bertha Martin, 1907-1911. Most 1907-1911 II II undated. I 58 Letter from F.J.Shepaerd, 1918. 1918 " " 59 Letter from Thomas McCrae, 1918. I 1918 " " 60 Letter from Edward Archibald, 1915. 1 1915 " " 61 Letters from"Emi1ie ~artin, 1905-1912. Many . 1905-1912 " " , undated. Includes postcards and christmas ! I cards. I' 62 Letter from W.C. Baynes, McGill College 1885. 1885 " " 63 Letters from Grace Revere Osler (Lady Oslet).j 19201 " " All three, on black-edge stationery, un- I dated. One has pencil note: ~'After Revere' ~ death?" Another has date, "19201" pencill+d in. 64 Letter from [H.S. Birkett?], 1915. 1915 " " On first page, in pencil is the following note in hand of H.E. MacDermot: "An acc­ ount of No.3 Can. Gen. Hosp. (McGill). This must be H.S. Birkett 0 ilc No. 3 C.G. Hosp. (McGill). Written while at Dannes-

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64 (cont'd) Cttw\WI;~V' • [Canuers or Carriers?] near Etaples. I 1915 Box 2 visited them at this time as I was near by H.E.M." 65 Letter from W.W. Keen, 1900 1900 " 66 "Alice's last letters to me, written after 1895 It accident on the lake". 1895. 67 Letters, most signed "Maude", "Alice", ''Maud­ 1894-1895 " lings", "Grace" ; one from "Blanche" to "May [Houghton]", "Marpie". "Dearest of Graces", "Gracie", ''Maysie-pay'', ''Mays Switzerland and Austria; mostly 1894-1895. probably from Maude Abbott and her sister, Alice, to a cousin, May Houghton and a friend, Grace [Ritchie?]. Some addressed to"Hannah", "Miss Janes", and "Eric". 68 Miscellaneous letters, postcards, etc. ca.1899-l927 " From or to: Marian Osborne, Chaddie Perki Martha Martin, M.L. Land, Maud Chipman, B.F. MacNaughton, M.J. Shaw, Margaret F. • Angus, Mary [£?] La ing [?], "Hannah"; [Folder 2]: Emily L. Finley, Alice E. Heneker, M. Martin; Nephritic test meal, urine and blood analysis for Maude Abbott; Amy R. Roddick, Emma Martin, R.B. Angus, I Eliza B. Kirkbride [?], Geo. Birch, IIHelenr. [Folder 3]: "Your affectionate Father", . Mrs. Maury, Dora Heyenbrock [1], Eva Abbotf' Jessie Williams, Charlotte Christian; "Beatrice"; James P. Tees[?]. [Folder 4]: E.W. Thomson. Florence P. i Howard, E.P. Mathewson; Letter, 3 Sept., ! 1899, from J. Geaorse Adami. to [W.W. Frant cis?]; letter from A.J. Dawson, Lt.-Col., France 6, Nov. 1917, to Mr. LeRoy. . Several unidentified, n.d. ca. 1899-1927. I 3rd serie drafts. etc. of arti-'

69 "The First' 'Osler Day'" by Maude Abbott. n.d. Box :LL.I Galley proofs (?) 70 [Bundle of signed anecdotes concerning James 1866-1868 Bovell, and list of "Bovell's publicati in religious directions"; all papers hea with the word "LEGEND" followed by Roman

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70 (cont'd) • numeral. Signatures of Fred. W. [Macqueuy1 , 1866-1868 Box 3 Holford Walker, and Alice Bovell Barwick [1] on stationery of Dr. Norman B. Gwyn. Also, transcript of letters, 1866, April 1 , and 1868, March 27, from Ellen Osler, to her son ItWillie". Also transcript from a newspaper account (1), April 9, 1866, re misconduct of Osler and his schoolmates against Mrs. Denham of Trinity College grammar school.] n.d. Typescript~ 8t. 71 [Two fragmentary typescript pp., one numbered n.d. " " "14t1 & concerning tithe practical importanc of chemical knowledge"; the other, also numbered "14", the last page of a sketch 0 sir ]. II 11 72 "Classified bibliography of sir William Osler s 1868-1885 Canadian period (1868-1885)". Typescript w. MS. corr. [29]t.

• till Ius tra tions". [4 proof copies or reprints " tI 73 1902 of list of Illustrations of Abbott's tlAn t Historical Sketch of the Medical Faculty 0 McGill University", repro from the Montrea Medical Journal, Aug. 1902]. 74 Letters to H.S. Birkett, Dean of the Medical I 1920 II " Faculty, McGill UniverSity, from Abbott~ Ii 1920. Typescript & hdw. Re publication of Diseases of the EXe , i letters to osler from Abbott, and Osler ! Memorial Cttee. and cataloguing & publica-I tion of catalogue of Pathological COllectipn of the Medical Museum. i 11 II 75 tlMedicine before and after " by I 1921 Maude Abbott. Presented at the 52nd Annual' Meeting of the Canadian Medical Associatio~. Halifax~ N.S., July 7th, 1921. Typescript, with MS. corr. Includes "The Nightingale's Returntl , poem from Punch (Aug. 23, 1856) and "Original contributioDs of Women to the Art and Science of MediciIl~It, with description and prints of slides show~. cr· 'I~~I*.

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• ITEM I DOCUMI!NT DATU • 76 '~cGil1Is Heroic Past 1821-1921. An Historic 1921 Box 3 Outline of the University from its Origin to the Present Time". by Maude E. Abbott, 1921 Typescript (crbon copy), with MS. corr~ 77 "McGill's Heroic Past ••• " II II II Another draft of item 76. 78 '~cGil1's Heroic past ••. " " " " A third draft of item 76. 79 "summary of History of the Medical Faculty". n.d. " 1/ n.d. Typescript (carbon copy). 80 "From Dr. Abbott. For Foreward". Re history n.d. " II of Canadian medical journals. n.d. Typescript and carbon COpy. 81 [List. with prints of slides, re his_tory of n.d. " " nursing and Osler. n.d.] Incl. page entitled "The Evolution of t~~ University of Today". Typescript. Cf'~;c..vv 'f(~ • 82 I~en and books. The Evolution of Modern Med- n.d. II " icine: by sir William Osler, Bart., With ll a preface by Fielding H. Garrison • I !, [Review?] by M. Abbott. n.d. Typescript (carbon copy). Two copies. I 83 "Editorial. The Admission of Women to the n.d. " " Study of Medicine and Allied subjects at I McGill university". n.d. 4p, Typescript I with MS. corr. I 84 [Bundle of letters to or from Maude Abbott, i 1898-1940 I " II 1898-1913, 1924-40]. ca. 46 pieces. ! -Annotated and incl. MS. notes by H.E. Mac-I ! Dermot who used them in his biography of Abbott. i Letters to or from: W.W. Francis, Sidney I Faber, Dr. Margaret Mary Nicholson, C.F. Martin, Dr. J .R. West, Dr. MacMurchy, I' principal A.E. Morgan (McGill), Dr. Boyd, Dr. She'pherd, Elinore Abbott, Stanfell Forbes, Agnes [?] R. Hutchinson, sir Tho­ mas Barlow, Lord Strathcona, David Ross McCord, Dr. Meakins, Paul Dudley White, Dr. E. Libman, Dr. E.A. park, Dr. Morris 0.0. L Lev; Dr. H.M. Marvin, et al. American no. 7 .. 1975 Heart Association, Inc. The$e letters

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84 (cont'd) • concern: Atlas of Congenital Heart Disease, 1898-1940 Box 3 by Maude Abbott; trans. of Spitzer's mono- graph (?) by Dr. Morris Lev; Abbott's nomi- nation to the ; her retirement arrangements with McGill Univ.; illness; publications; parish of Christ Church, • St. Andrews East, Que.; International Associa- tion of Medical Museums. Also included: Obi­ .tuary of Maude Abbott, by M.J. Stewart, 1940 her completed fellowship applica tion form fot John Simon Guggenheim Memoria 1 FOUnda tion (n.d.). hdw. & typescript 4th series: Collection of papers on the his­ tory of medicine, in Montreal and , and the history of McGill, 1829, 1832-33, 1914-18, 1920-28, 1931-36. Also includes papers concerning "Osler Exhibit and Biblio­ graphy" and "Osler Catalogue". 85 "Montreal Medical Institution. n.d. " " • It. photocopy of an advertisement for medical . I lectures, in an unidentified newspaper or journal. Lectures by Caldwell, Holmes,· j Stephenson, Wm. Lyons, and Robertson listed

86 "Letter signed 'A Hall' and endorsed 'McGill I 1935 " II

Coll/1844". [June 13] II It. typewritten. Transcript of letter, with historical note, by W.W. Francis. Re awarding of honorary j degree, probably to James Douglas. ! At top of page, in pencil: "History of I McGill". 87 [Notes, re John McGill, and a "Dr. Jones"] h.d. II II 1t. hdw. pencil. 88 Hami1[ton1], P.St. C. 1922 " " "Old school of medicine decays; building from which McGill Medical Faculty came likely to go". Sept. 19. It. Detached from the Montreal Herald. Re COte St. building.

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LOe- .. T • It(FIiINee ITEM I DOCUMfNT • 89 [Note re George Duncan Gibb] n.d. Box 3 It. hdw. pencil. Taken from "CMJ. 1866-67. III. [5381]

ll 90 "George W. Campbeli • n.d. " II It. typewritten. Account of a tribute by sir William Osler (at a dinner1). Incl. carbon copy. 91 ~'Racey" • n.d. " " 2t. typescript. Info. on arms, crest, rank, and history of Racey family which includes John Racey, M.D. At top, in pencil: "Historical".

92 [Halpenny) , 1933 " II "History of the McGill Medical School". 19331 13p. Typescript . Includes "Comments" on the paper by [Maude Abbott?), October 10th, 1933. 2p. Typescript. "The following account •.• is drawn, in. part • verbatim, from Dr. Maude Abbott's early research upon this subject published in ! 1902 under the title 'The Historical Sketch of the Medical Faculty of McGill University~ II~ p. 1. I 93 Keith, Arthur I 1932 " II Letter, 1932, July 29, London, to Maude Abbott, reO her "exhibit". 3t. hdw., ink. Ii 1 1902 94 Ruttan , R. I " " IIDr. Will iam Rober tson". April, 1902. J [4]p. hdw. pencil. Apparently copied by Abbott from Universit i Magazine, p. 179. I Further notes on one page, attached. , 1 95 Abbott, Maude E , n. d. " " AndEew F.• Holmes, M.D., LL.D. 1797-1860. I n.d. lOp. Typescript. '~anuscripts - McGill _" written at top of title page, in pencil.

96 "Death of Mr. Bailly. Had Been Connected Witl1 n.d. " II McGill for 23 years. Had a Most Eventful Life in Various parts of the World". n.d.

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97 Kerr, Harry Hyland ~935 Letter, 1935, April 18, Washington, D.,C., to Dr. H.E. MacDermot, Montreal. it ... Typescript Copy; re the writer' father, Dr. James Kerr's introduction of Lister technique in Nova Scotia in late 1870's. 98 "Old McGill". 1920. 1920 It It 'It. Newspaper clipping. Unidentified newspaper, June 19 issue.

11 99 nOr. G.W. Campbell. •• n.d. n.d. It " it. hdw. penc il Notes, in hand of Maude Abbott.

100 "Re James McGill • M. Aegidius Fauteux. St. n.d. It " Sulpicen • n.d • llt. hdw. pencil. Notes. 1882 • 101 David, A. H. If " Reminiscences connected with the medical pr - fession in Montreal during the last fifty years. Read before the Medico-Chirurgical Society, October 5th, 1882. I IIp. typescript. I Incl. additional comments by Maude Abbott, i

p. 11. Ii Concerns Dr. A.F. Holmes, Dr. John Stephen- son, Dr. William caldWell,!r. William Robertson, Dr. Daniel Arno ,Dr. G.W. Campt bell, Dr. James Crawford, r. Michael ! McCulloch, Dr. Archibald Hall, Dr. William I Sutherland, Dr. William Fraser, Dr. Robert L. MacDonnell, etc. j 102 "QUebec Gazette". n.d. n.d. n n I 8t. typescript; hdw., ink. ' Excerpts, concerning notices of cures, news~ appOintments, medical licences, etc., 1765- 1805.

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103 Correspondence between Maude Abbott and 1920-21 Box 3 Florence Graham, re the latter's uncle Andrew F. Holmes, 1920-1921. Also one letter from Adelaide Foss re "Great Grandfather" Holmes, and corresp. with McGill Registrar re invitations to McGill centenary i'unctions for Holmes' descendants.

104 Letters to Maude Abbott from F.J. Shepherd n.d.; 1928; ,It " ("last letter", Nov. 2,1928), and f'rom 1931 A.D. Blackader ("Biographical", Jan. 16, 1931); "Cynanche [?] Trachealist!. n.d. - account of treatment of croup by blood­ letting by individual (unidentified) who was "appointed professor of obs & the diseases of vlomen & children in the University of McGill College Montreal • about 23 years ago" [William Robertson?] 105 Pencil sketch [of Paul Dudley White?] by F.G 1933 " " Banting, with covering letter, 1933, from White to Abbott.

106 Two letters f'rom "Dr. Caldwell, II Camberwel1, 1832-33 II " 1832-33, to J. [1J Hartley Es q., Black- I friars, re payment of a bill by "Miss I Grant"? • 107 Letter, 1914, Jan. [Y] 18, from Victoria S. Ii 1914 " If Campbell, Montreal, to Abbott, re "a few more particulars about my late Father"!J i Dr. Geo. W. Campbell. ! 108 Letter (copied by L.G.F. Molson, 1900) from I 1829F; 1900 II If L.G, Frothingham, Montreal, Feb. lY, 1829 to "My dear Uncle", re the death of her child from whG cping cough (1). "Dr. Robertsonll was in attendance. "3 109 Abbott letters mainly re Women's Medical Col 1919-1941 Box ~ lege of Penn. I Removed from other files & order dist ,i • 19.xi. 74. t

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110 Letter, n.d. from Elya [1J A. Reid to Abbott, n.d. Box 3 enclosing her notes on a Montreal "Dissecting Housel!, University Medical students Assoc., School of Medicine and Surgery on St. Urban St., McGill Univer­ sity Society, University Lying-In Hospit A.F. Holmes, Montreal Dispensary residenc s of Montreal doctors, ca. 1858-1863, taken from Mackay's Montreal Directory by Mrs. R.W. Stuart Mackay. 111 "Notes from Dr. MacDonnell's Book. Gazette n.d.; 1885F " " Montreal May 21, 1885. Report Annual meeting M.G.H.", al.so notes re Dr. Stephenson from Gazette, Oct. 4; n.d. By Maude Abbott, n.d. 11. 112 Page proofs? of preliminary pages of An n.d.; 1931 " " Historical Sketch of the Medical Faculty of McGill University by Maude Abbott. • Also one leaf of notes by her, n.d., and illus. of 1!The Hollow!! by Naomi Jackson,. detached from the McGilliad, Jan. 1931, p.ll.

113 "Dr •. Robertson's Stories". Typescript n.d. n " (carbon copy). 5 p. Fragment. N.d.

114 liRe R.H. [sic; i.e. L.J McDonnell [sicJ. I n " Letter from Students of M.G.H. II TypescriP1 copy, n.d. of 1846 letter of thanks. Also MS. list, n.d., in Abbott's hand, i of diplomas, certificates, etc. of ! MacDonnell. I 115 Fact sheet on Dr. W.E. Scott, typescript, i n.d. " " n.d., lA..; notes·, n.d., lJt. ,. in AbQott's I hand, on desceridantsQ;t'·Dr. Stephenson, I Archibald Hall, and Dr. Holmes. I 116 "Drs. Residences in Montreal", and "First n. d.; 1819F I It tl Montrea~ Directory published by Thomas I Doj-ge ~ 1819 Extracts showing Names i and Addresses of Members of Building Committee, Board of Directors, and ORM:• O. L Medical Board of the Montreal General I 1975 Hospi tal at the time of its organization and subscribers to the original Building Fund." By Maude Abbott. n.d.

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117 "Obituary. Br.itish__ MedtCal Jdu:rn:al·~. Feh..: .9.; i918F Box 3 1918. John McCra;)e, M.D., Toronto. n Typescript (carbon copy). 5 p.

118 [William Robertson] Notes, in Abbott's hand, n.d. " " on Robertson' s military appointment s. N.d. Also carbon copy of typed note on history of King's College (later Univer­ sity of Toronto). N.d.

119 Letter, n.d. from Elya [?] A. Reid to Abbott n.d. " n containing her notes re doctors' residences in Montreal, and Ladies Benevolent society, taken from "the first Directory ever printed in Montreal" (1819 •

120 "First Woman to Address Doctors." Newspaper 1933 n " clipping, The Washington Times, April 27, 1933. Illus. of Abbott lithe first woman ever permitted to address an annual meeti g • of the District Medical Society" and Dr. Wallace M. Yater.

121 Page proofs (?) of introduction to [Atlas rr " of Congenital Heart Disease, by Maude Abbott?]. gl. 1936. I 122 Note, n.d., re commission and Letters patent! n.d. " n appointing John Stephenson and others ! medical licence examiners, 1823.· )'

123 "The Rise and Progress of the Medical Facult. n.d. n " of McGill University", p. 29-34 detached I from unidentified publication, n.d., Withj' MS., pencil, corr. in Abbott's hand. Illus. . i 124 "Adv[ertisement] Montreal Medl. Institution 1829 ff n 1829." Newspaper clipping? I,

I tI 125 "Revolution Fran~aise. Thiers. p. 358." n.d. I n Notes in Abbott's hand, n.d. I i 126 Page proofs of "A Chronology of Medicine," n.d. n II (1400-1799) from unidentified publication n.d. • O. L 1 1975

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OSLER LIBRARY MSS. CO~ AND AlU:BIVES ACClSSlON 438 -.-.

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". 127 "The Address in Medicine." Proof? IlMedical n.d. Box 3 Journal - Editorial - 12.36.12 - Hays.tI With MS. note "Duplicates please hold & return to M.E.A."

128 [Conjunctions and oppositions of sun and n.d. n fI moon re breasts] 1457 (Jan.-June.) In Latin. Printed. N. d.

n 11 129 "Chroniques, varietes, informations: Un 1927 voyage dans l' Inde portugaise". Detached J from La Presse Medicale, No. 15, 19 •t Fevrier 1927, p. 235-238. Illus. ,I ' , >" , , 11 130 flOsler Exhibit and Bibliography." Also letteIs . ~ ~ " to and from re his biograpry of Osler, and copies of some letters to 1920-21 Osler from his mother. 1920-1921 .

n tl • 131 flOsler Catalogue." 1914-22. 1914-22 ~"~ ~ ~ 37<:/;). I '3 7$"/~ C teo/~ .. «'~ru/tI.,.. ellL] I

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OSLER LUlWlY HSS. COLLJl:TlON AND ARCHIVES ACCI!$$ION _...::14:...;31.1.18~ ______._ • DE~~'~ ______DA" ______19

I!tEFUINCI ITIM I DOCUMENT DATES lOC. T!

r;L..Lf-7 132/1 British Medical Association 1932 Box 1.Ct Annual meeting ~ London, 1932 .•. catalogue ••

132/2 British Medical Association 1932 n tt Annual meeting~ London~ 1932 ..• Handbook •••.

132/3 British Medical Association 1932 n " Annual meeting, London, 1932. Collection of programs, souvenirs ••. (Envelope no. 1)

132/4 British Medical Association 1932 II tf Annual meeting, London, 1932. Collection of programs, souvenirs ..• (Envelope no. 2)

133 Letters ,from the Osbornes to Maude Abbott. n.d.; 1931 11 n

134 Letters from W.W. Francis to Maude Abbott. 1913; 1926 " II

• tr 1t 135 Letter, to M. Abbott from George Blumer. 1932 136 "Reminiscences" [file re Maude Abbott 1904-1941 tt Scholarship, etc.]

137 "Correspondence re Publications!!; "Used 1908-1940 n II Lettersll

138 [Reminiscences of Abbott solicited by H.E. 1904:-1941 It

MacDermot; correspondence] Ii . 139 [Abbott corresp. with W. Wood, P.D. White, 1918-1941 " etc.; her corresp. re Osler Mem. Vol "-. iI

140 [Cl.:::~:gS re Abbott; McGill Fac. Arts. ~.1 1887; n.d.; If tr 1887]· i 1936-1939 ,I.. 141 IIRetirement, etc. Appl. to Jos. Macy Found"l 1906-1941 " corresp. with G. Blumer. 142 [Info. re Abbott Family; corresp. with Matt 1893-1940 " Stewart; letter to Birkett~ etc.] • 143 Letter from John McCrae, 1918. 1918 tI II FORM: O. L no. 1, 1975

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RfFU,NCI ITIM I COCUM!NT DATU tOeA Ttl

144 "Biograph. details". n. d.; 1887- 1f rIA. (f. tiv ... t-t- p..,/-;/' q)f J11 CI. tA:tI...... A66,,f I- fe; 1940 1 C ?j I fgtllf "poeI>-"" ~, f"'...II() l11.c G.-. ,. It . .f!v:v ...... 1 ~ ; f (ic;; ""'. 1/ r;.. '" n It 145/1 [Human placen~at~on - o~~glnal mlcroscoplC n.d. drawingsJ by J.C. Welsh Newson? - in 3 manila envelopes. 145/2 [Human placentation - original microscropic n.d .. " " drawings by J .C. Welsh Nelson? - in 3 manila envelopesJ.

146 Appreciations and.Reminiscences of Sir 1925 IMS: .. _shelf William Osler Bart. with a Classified I Bibliography.~ International Association of Medical ,Museums, 1925, Bulletin No. IX.

141 [Pathological drawings made for Abbott~ some. n.d.; 1890 Box 5 signedJ.C. WebsterJ.

148 "Maude Abbott. MacMillan's, photos. Book n.d.; 1941-1&3 If fl • II Reviews. Correspon4ence cMacMillan etc.

[Phot o graphs J . n.d. tI 11 150 Certificate of gold medal awarded to Maude I 1936 n fI Abbott for scientific exhibit, Ontario Medical Association London, 1936. . I

15], Copy (in M. Abbott's hand?) of letter, "5-1-, 1920 tI " 20", from W. W. Francis to Dr. Birkett re I' Sir William Osler's death. i •I r I i I, I • o. L 1975

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REfUteHCI IUM I DOCUMENT OATES

152 M. Abbott's "Notes on Q. [or G?J Index 1920 Folio Bo::x [Public'ArchivesJ. 1I 42

Copies of letters from J. Ready and A.W. 153 - r IB19F; IB22F " " Cockran to Alex Skakel re free education for certain individuals, IB19,1822 (PAC - series G, v. 447, 205, 451).

154 "Canadian Archives G. 451" & G 205. IB22-23 IB22-23F It It Re M.G.H. & Mtl. Board of Medical Ex~~n­ ers.

155 -Petition for free trade of wheat from L.C. IB16F; IB21F It to Britain, IB21 (PAC - Series Q, v. 15B) -Encouragement for settlers in Canada, esp. physicians, IB16 (PAC - Series Q, v. 140) 156 PAC Q. Series v. 161, 1822, re M.G.H.' (copies) IB22F " n 157 Letter (photocopy) IB17, Jan. 20, from Simon IBITF " It • McGillivray to Earl Bathurst re charges . against his brother [PAC?] Q 147-Pr. 2~ p. 296-299. 158 John Richardson: letter to Earl of Dalhousie I IB21-22F n & memo. of debate in Legislative Council, IB21-22 (Exec. Council, State Affairs & Colonial Office Records - Q 160)

159 Colonial Office Records Canada Q 166, Q 16B, I' n.d.; IB22-3017 " " Q172, Q 176, Q 196, Q 15B. 160 PAC - S series IB15-lB29 (copies)re MGH, ! IB15-29F " I' John Richardson, Alexander Skakel, tea I" smuggling from U.S., McGill College, John Caldwell. .

· i It tr "Lower Canada Sundries II IB12, IBIB, re flour ~ IB12F; IBIBF gunshot wound, trial of Thos. Grant, Guy , St. (Mtl.), vaccination, etc. 162 "Dominion Archives Lower Canada Sundries IBIBF I It January IBIB to June 7th IBIB to August , 29, IBIB" Notes by Abbott. i

163 L.C. Sundries IB20-1B24 re Gaol, insane, IB20-24F j It JI ORM:• O. L emigration, etc. Notes by Abbott • o. 7 1975 ..

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164 Letter re renumeration for Vaccination from 182lF Folio Box Attorney-General, 1821. (Lower Canada ~2 Sundries) •

165 Letter-Book Military Secretary's Office, no. 1813-14F tf ft l1C 1220, 21C 1224, 1813-1814. 166 Letter-Book of the Governor's Civil 1818-23F n " Secretary (Extracts) 1818, 1820-23. Also notes re 1818-1823.

Journals· of House of Assembly re M.G.H. 1816-36F n 1816-1836.

168 Licence (photocopy) J.B.C. Trestler 1822. 1822F 169 Licence .(photocopy) of Michael McCullock, 1823F " " 1823. 110 Licence (photocopy) of Henry Leodel [sic] n.d. " tr • ("Twenty-eighth year of His Maj esty' s reign").

171 Licence (photocopy) Peter P. Osborne, 1823. 1823F tf

I It 172 Licence (copy) surgery, Daniel Robertson I 1812-13F 1812 (PAC S Series). . 173 . Memorial of John Blackwood, Surgeon of Mtl. 1818F n 1818 (PAC). I I" 174 "Canada. State Records 1792-1828F tI n -Licences to Practise Medicine" (copies) n.d. n.d., 1792-1828. I, Henry Monro, 1795 I Daniel Arnoldi, 1795 Francis Blanchet, 1801 Abner Rice, 1802 I John McLaughlin, 1803 i James Labrie, 1808 r, Peter Diehl, 1809 Thomas Fargues, 1812 I Alexander James Christie, 1817 Andrew F. Holmes, 1816 , William Caldwell, 1811 William Fraser, 1811 I• F.X. Tessier, 1820 (corresp. only) • John Stephenson, 1821 ·f ORM.: O. L ... o. 7 1975,

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OSLER LIBltARy MSS. COLLlI:1:IO'M A:RD AllCBIVES ACClSSlOM .;;1;4..;.3:.:::;8 ___ ---- DATI ______.,- • D[~~~ ______

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174 "Canada. State RecordS' [Cont' dJ i792-1828~ . Folio Bo)! -Licences to Practise Medicine" (copies) 42 n.d.,1792-1828. (cont'd.) Michael McCulloch, 1823 William Robertson, 1828 Simon Frazer, 1792 Joseph Horne, 1792 J.B.L. Menard, 1795 Frs. Frieuford, 1795 Auguste Benjamin Schiller, 1796 Thos. Prendergast, 1796 Thomas Hutton,.1798 John Adam Duff, n.d. Frs. Blanchette, n.d. Austin Leonard, n.d. Wolfred Nelson, 1810 Theo. Hart, 1810 Jacques Jean Charles Chevalier de St. Felix, n. d. • Hugh Caldwell, 1820 Stephen C. Blythe, 1809 Grant Powell, 1810 Timothy Johnson, 1810 M. Calvin, 1811 -Appointment of Commission to Examine Surgeons, etc. 1798 (copy). -Letter (copy) 1818 from George Selby I declining appt. as commi ssioner to build I more wards for insane. i i 175 "Memos re licences" 1792-37, 1788; also Que. I n.d.; 1792- tI tt members of Med. Soc. of N.Y. 1808-27. MS •. 1837F notes by Abbott. !

176 Bill to restrict practice of med. & surg. I 1787-88F " tt 1787-1788 (PAC - Que. Legislativ~ Council E) • • i I 177 nEarly Li~ences" 1814-1839 MS Notes by . 1814-39F " fI Abbott. -Oliver T. Bruneau, 1826 I Frs. C.F. Arnoldi, 1827 G.B. 0'Ca11aghan, 1827 Archibald Hall, 1835 Jos. Workman, 1835 • Edward Quincy Sewell, 1835

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REFUf"CI ITEM I DOCUMI!NT DATES

186 Report & Minutes of Committee of Management~ 1822-32F o Bo> MGH, 1822, 1825. Also notes~ 1822-32. Transcript. 187 MGH Reports (notes) 1857-1883. 1857-83F " 188 MGH Reports 1883-1889 (notes). 1883-89F " " 189 Montreal General Hospital. Extracts from 1822-28F n tf Visiting Governor's Book 1822-1828. 190 "Proceedings of the Board of Directors 1822-" 1822-32F " tI 1832. Re M.G.H •. Notes. 191 Notes re Montreal, McGill, M.G.H., early n.d. " " Mtl. physicians • 192 Various clippings, etc.. n.d.; 1859F " " 1928

• 193 D & G Sutures - Series of i11us. reconstruct­ n.d. " ing past events in medical history. 194 Annals of Medical History - detached front 1929 " covers w. ports. 1929.

195 McGill College, 1845. List of debts due. 1845F " Transcript. 196 Sale of Argenteuil Seigneury, 1801; history 1801F; 1934 " re Abbott family and St. Andrew's, Que., 1934 (Quebec Gazette).

197 Ads. in Montreal Herald, notes on Quebec 1812-32F If Gazette 1812-1821. 198 Correspondence published in "The Free Press" 1823F " n re Appointment of Medical Board of ~GH as Board of Medical Examiners, 1823 (Pamphlets p. 127. Dept. Public Archives. Ottawa). Transcript.

ll 199 "Sandham IS Scrapbook - notes by Maude Abbott n.d. I " f 200 Caldwell O'Sullivan, 1819 (Que. Gazette, Mtl. 1819F i If Herald, Cdn. Courant). Transcript. I

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RE"UfHCI IT!M I DOCUMINT DATES l. OCA T ti

201 Notes on Mt1. Med. Gaz., Brit. Amer. J.~ 1844-61F Folio Box Med. Chron. 1844-1861. . 43

202 Notes on Journal de Medecine de Quebec 1826. 1826F If tI

203 Notes on Montreal Gazette, 1815-1816, 1818- 1815-2lF If 1821.

204 "Dr. Shortt" MS. notes by Abbott on Mtl. 1824-28F 11 Gazette (?) 1824-1828.

205 Notes on ·Canadian Courant 1816, 1820 1816-20F

206 Voyages from Montreal on the River St. n.d. tI Lawrence .•. by Alexander MacKenzie - notes by Abbott. n.d .

207 Corresp. re death of Duke of Richmond from 1926 hydrophobia, 1820. Transcript.

• n 208 1889F "

209 1854-6lF " "

1789-91F;l934 " n

n.d. .11

1922 " "

Miscellaneous notes by Abbott, etc. n. d.; 1937 " tt , i I

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OSLER LDJt.UtY MSS. CO:r..tJI:'l:JDlt ARD AlCHIVES ACCESSION 606 fll ( DATiApril 20 and 25 OE~~ ______Dr. F. Wiglesworth __

• DATES REFUfNCI ITIM I DOCUlA!"T

~bbott, Maude Elizabeth Seymour, 1869-1940 ca.• 1890-1949 Collection of MSS., slides, drawings, correspondence, reprints, photographs, caSE reports, post-mortem records, exhibit pa- nels, mainly re congenital heart disease; also valedictory address, autobiographical sketch, poems, etc., ca. 1890-t949. ca. 246 linear cm. Gift of Dr. F. Wiglesworth, April 20 and 25, 1978. I Inventory available : inquire at Reference ! Desk. I

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OSLER LDlWty MSS. COtlJ:l:'ED)R AlfD ARCBtVES ACCESSION __.,;:.6..,:0.,;:.6 ______

DAn April 20 and 19 78 D£~'~ ____?r~._F~._W~iQg~l~e~s~w~o~r~t~h~ ______i5

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1 Maude Abbott: Valedictory address (holograph • 1890 Shelf 2 ink) 1890 McGill University Convocation (Published in MCGill News, Autumn 1959). 2 Maude Abbott: Autobiographical sketch (type­ 1928 script and carbon coPy), an address read before the Women's Medical Society of ~~;; ~~~~~. ~9~z....fb(f .I~~~~r 3 7 exhibit panels re heart ~ n.d. mClp case

4 2 mounted photos of heart exhibit at B.M.A. 1932 I It II centenary meeting July 1932 ~_w~~ . ta ...... Kande E, Abbott. J, Lj

6 Copy of original Museum catalogue on anoma1ie ca.1898-1940 ~ II tI of the heart 13.1 Anomalies of th.e endo­ cardium compo by M. Abbott , 7 • 14. Heart as a whole. 14.101 Compara­ ca.1898-l940 It n tive anatomy and development of the verte­ brate heart. comp, Maude E. Abbott

• 8 14.1 Cardiac anomalies ca. 1898-1940 " II 9 15.1 Anomalies of the arteries ca.1898-1940 .. " 10 McGill Medical Museum. Catalogue Part IV. 1915 II .. Section t. by Oskar C. Gruner 11 Curators report of donations received in the 1907-1910 Box 1 Museums of the Medical Facu1ty •. McGi1l 4 copies 12 "Development of Heart & Arteries Anatomy of ca.1899-l935 Box 1 Heart & Arteries») Box containing 46 r.eprints & 1 typescript J' "International Assoc. of Medical Museums". ca.1906-21 Box 2 Box containingWinute B00k.t! circular lette is, no'ti; H", ....'tt ~ report to members. members ip list. I ~ to ~ \5" announcements, programmes of ,meetings. , oTk.t,y biLls J'+oued constitution. ballots. 1100 fU~tlA.Cl .1-- 14 "Notes for Lectures etc." Box containing 9 ca.1920-40 Box 3 files labelled liB-K".correspondence filed alphabetically. 15 "Sclerosis. . Angina Pectoris" Box ca_1905-38 Box 4 containing 4 folders. Only one labelled, "MCH", Contains case reports. postmortem t--\,~\CU~ 06 I~+) \'.~~. li> ~. J..t.u~

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OSLBll LtalWtY lISS. COt.t.iCftlDl A'RD ARCIIIVBS ACCESSION _~6:;.;0~6:..----: ____ • D[~,~ ____.D~r~F~.~W~i~g~l_e_sw_o_r~th~ ______DAn April 20 and is I.PIERENCE ITIM I DOCUMENT DATES Loe ... TION

15 [cont'd] • records, photos, sketches, etc., from ca.1905-38 Box 4 Montreal Gener~l Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital, etc. Also contains IITravelling Exhibit on Congenital Cardbc Disease" (typescript) . ( I . 16 "Maude Abbott. Correspondence R-Z (Blackford) 1921-40 Box 5 Box containing 7 folders labelled "Black­ ford". ("Correspondence with L. Minor Blackford Atlanta Ga. Apr. 28 1930- Oct 1st 1932"), "F", "R-Rob", IIBoh-By", . "S". "TIIV", 'V' e' "xyz". Arr a nged a 1 php be cally. "Anomalous[?] Coronaries. Anoma1ouel[?] Pul­ monary Artery. Atlas". Box containing 67 reprints mainly by M. :~b~ott; several duplicates; etc. ~ ~c.t ,~ . 18 liT ? [undeciphered. Transactions Box 7 Abstracts". Box containing 10 folders labelled ItA~'~'L-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1 (corr ence arranged alphabetically) "Data' on Cases of Coarctation of Aorta . reported in Am. Ht. J. 3: 381, 1928"; 2 unlabelled, re congenital hear~ disease; 7 reprints; etc. 19 'tt1aude Abbott. Reprints". Box containing 52 1910-38 Box 8 reprints. Some not by Abbott. Several duplicates. 20 8 coloured drawings, various sizes, with n.d. Map case printed captions, m9unted on cardboard)of: I - Amyloidosis hepatis - Spleen Atrophia hepatis acuta fusca Ileum cum contentis. Bacilli Kochii cum i epithe1iis ex contentis. (Cholera ASiatica) I Infarc~u. 1ienis receus; Infarctus 1ienir inveteratus carcino ma pa~i11ae duodena1is perihepatitis et hepatitis interstitial chronica Cholangitis et pericholangitis absceden disseminata; Cholecystitis necroticans . e ca1cu1is

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OSLER. LtaltA.l.Y MSS. COLt..:l£~WB ABD ARCHIVES ACCESSION __6;;.,;0;...:6:.----'------­ • OCIIOSITOI ______Dr. F. Wiglesworth _ DAti April 20 and '25 10 78 ItE'UINCI ITEM I DOCUMENT DATES LOCATIO"

e:dL r~_ 21 Miscellaneous papers, loose,re congenital • 1936 Box 9L=-4: heart disease; also photographs. Re Atlas? 22 "Duplicates of catalogue". 1 Folder. n.d. " " 23 unlabelled folder containing "Descri,ptiv~ n.d. " " catalogue McGill Medical Museum. 13.1 Endo­ cardium." 2t. (2p.) 24 • "Aneurysms Catalogue" 1 folder 1907-15 & n.d. 11 " 25 "Misc. CllD Animals" 1 folder containing 1939 II n , 2t. MSS. , 26 Unlabelled fold~r, 're heart. Inci. Folder ca.1927-39 l Box 9 labelled "San Francisco. re Cases M.E.A. discussed" • j 27 "Fish :Hearts" N. d. Loose. n. d. " " 28 "Heart cases" MRnila envelope containing 1939-40 " It corresp. & "The diagnosis and the Edfects of ligation of the patent ductus arteriosus· by L.T. Bullock, J.C. Jones, and F.S. • Dolley. 29 ItChristmas poems and an excerpt from her 1929 n " d-iary" by Maude E. Abbott. Printed & Ms., bound as pamphlet. 30 photographs, mounted ill~s., index cards ~ 1879-1935, 1949 Box 10 - containing hdw, & typed references end note , & n.d. - all re heart; McGill Patholog10al lustitu e Museum entry sheets; tyoed drafts of papersl re heart, Museum catalogue; title sheets for Congenital Cardiac Disease (in Osler's Modern Medicine); typescript of HCase of I malformation of the heart", by A.F. Holmes 'I' I ~[.t Loose. '11'" 31 j 'plates for Maude Abbott's Atlas"; also . [19367] Box 12 - labelled "OFFSETS Congenital Heart disease-,I (Hollinge Dr. M. Abbott". 8 glass plates 35 x 28 cm. boxes '32~ and 69 block plates. In one box 28 }I' 37 x " .'39 x 27c 30 cm. 32 "Lantern Slides. Ma'ude Abbott Collection. n.d. Box 13 Congenital Heart and Miscellaneous". 230 I (Hollinget glass slides in one box 20 x 26 x 29 cm. i box) with loose labels inserted among slides : - ftGerman Diagrams of Heart" o. L FO"ino. 7, 1975

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OSLER L~MB.Y MSS. COLL1l:!tIDR ARD ARCIIIVES ACCUSION _~60~~6 ___..:..- __ DATI April 20 and 25 O£~,~ __~D~r~.~F~'-DW~i~gl~e~sw~o~r~t~h~ ______~_ I'~

• REfEllNCI ITIM I DOCUMINT 01. TES LOCATIO~

32 [cont'd] • _ "Congenital heart cases - under patient' n.d. Box 13 (Hollinger names" _ "Dr. Abbott's Heart Slides, Slides of box) x-~ay and electrocardiograph picture~ of heart". _ '~iscellaneous slided [sicl showing no information, and not listed in Abbott. Atlas of Congenital Heart Disease". _ "Sections from A 194/36 Hamilton Medical Museum Haemangiomata of Mitral valve" •

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