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Cover of Maude Abbott’s Atlas of congenital cardiac disease

Colour photograph of Maude Abbott’s Atlas. It is red with the inscription “Atlas of Congenital Cardiac Disease - Maude E. Abbott” in gold lettering. Under the title is the gold seal of the International Academy of Pathology: the name of the academy encircles images of a globe, a microscope and the lamp of learning, above the inscription “IAMM 1906”.

Source: Abbott, Maude E., Atlas of congenital cardiac disease, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2006

First published in 1936, the Atlas of Congenital Cardiac Disease has been republished several times. The edition released for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Academy of Pathology in 2006 was enhanced by the inclusion of 22 colour plates containing digitized photographs of medical specimens from Maude Abbott’s collection held at the McGill University Medical Museum.

This is the cover of Abbott, Maude E., Atlas of congenital cardiac disease, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2006