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Abbot to Zimmerman.

“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…”

Abbott to Zimmerman.

“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.” 1 pencil drawing containing (3) three figures.

Abstract and History of Male.

Case file for baby, entitled, "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." A photocopy with identifying features erased is included in file.

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.”

Albright, Fuller. – Massachusetts Gen. Hospital, Boston

“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?”

Allen, Jr., Fred H. – Newton Center, Mass

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 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…”

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