Maude Abbott: A Biography

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Author/collaborator
Title
Maude Abbott: A Biography
Abstract
Maude Abbott (1896-1940) was a pediatrician and cardiologist who spent her life working as a pathologist at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec and published over 100 articles. Her magnum opus was The Atlas of Congenital Heart Disease (1936), which listed a classification of cardiac disease based on 1000 pathological cases. Her work as a pathologist and her correlation of pathological samples with physical symptoms provided a foundation of the classification of heart disease and the medical-surgical interventions. She also predicted causation and prevention. She introduced the use of pathological specimens to medical teaching. In addition to her papers on pathology, Abbott also published articles and books on the history of medicine.
Publication
Canadian Journal of Cardiology/Journal canadien de cardologie
Volume
Vol. 16
Issue
no. 7
Pages
893-898
Date
July 2000
Language
en
Citation
Kelen, Susan. “Maude Abbott: A Biography.” Canadian Journal of Cardiology/Journal canadien de cardologie Vol. 16, no. 7 (July 2000): 893–898.
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