Lachman, S. E. – Baltimore, M. D.
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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…”
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Cannot “throw any light on the subject” of Lachman’s case of congenital atonia with right hemiplogia.
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Regarding manuscript.
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“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…”
Lambert, R. A. – Yale University School of Medicine.
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“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.”
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Rhea, Laurence J. – Montreal General Hospital.
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Hand written note to Abbott regarding sections mentioned above.
Kline, R.S. – Mount Sinai Hospital of Cleveland.
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“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.”
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