Archival Collections Catalogue

Anderson, H. B. – Conemaugh Valley Mem. Hospital, Johnstown, Pa

CA OSLER P111-1-1-7
Item
5 August 1929.

Anderson, H. B. – Conemaugh Valley Mem. Hospital, Johnstown, Pa

CA OSLER P111-1-1-8
Item
13 August 1929

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.

CA OSLER P111-1-1-9
Item
26 January 1938

Part of Maude Abbott Collection

Regarding a case of “coarctation of the aorta with bicuspid aortic valve…”

Arthur, R. Abel. – Orange Memorial Hospital, New Jersey

CA OSLER P111-1-1-2
Item
14 May 1940

Part of Maude Abbott Collection

“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…”

Article “A Rare Cardiac Anomaly of a Human Fetus” by Zimmerman.