Regarding specimen and Abbott’s opinion of bringing up heart conditions at county medical society meetings. [handwritten]

“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.”

Summary of clinical history and physical examination of baby [name
omitted]. Related to above case sent by Weingart.

Page torn out from journal which contains a review of Modern Medicine Its Theory and Practice.

“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 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.” 1 pencil drawing of heart.

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.

“…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.”

Includes autopsy report, copy of autopsy report and billing slips for
shipping of the specimen.

Enclosing a recommended book, “Arteriographie des Membres & de L’ Aorte Abdominale” by Reynoldo dos Santos et al. [handwritten].