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Maude Abbott Collection The Osler Library of the History of Medicine McGill University, Montreal, Canada Osler Library Archive Collections P111 MAUDE ABBOTT FONDS COMPLETE INVENTORY LIST This is a guide to one of the collections held by the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. Visit the Osler Library Archive Collections homepage for more information Maude Abbott Fonds - P111 - Complete Inventory List 2 Boxes 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 heart 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 Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University 3 Maude Abbott Fonds - P111 - Complete Inventory List 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 aortic valve…” • Reply to Armstrong. – February 2, 1938. • Ash, Rachel. – Philadelphia, 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 Toronto. -- 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 Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University 4 Maude Abbott Fonds - P111 - Complete Inventory List of an x-ray and an article by Blackford: “Tetralogy of Fallot: 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 Bicuspid Aortic valve 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… Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University 5 Maude Abbott Fonds - P111 - Complete Inventory List • 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 mitral valve 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].
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