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Sketch of a congenital heart defect in Maude’s Atlas

Photograph of page 12 of Maude Abbott’s Atlas. The top of the page reads “Plate V. Clinical Classification of Cardiac Defects. Illustrative Diagrams”. The page shows 9 figures representing different views of a heart.

Source: Abbott, Maude E., Clinical classification of cardiac defects plate V, Atlas of congenital cardiac desease, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2006, p. 13

Maude Abbott classified and analyzed medical specimens to detect congenital heart defects. The specimen collection, along with her sketches and diagrams, are now used as teaching tools in the pathology curriculum.

Sketches from Abbott, Maude E., Clinical classification of cardiac defects plate V, Atlas of congenital cardiac desease, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2006, p. 13