Thank you Dr. Blaylock and Taussig:)
Explaining Pulmonary Atresia in the World Herald in 1948
Letter from Dr. Taussig
Letter from Dr. Blaylock
After finishing an exterior paint job down the street from our house the gentleman started to talk to me about his twin brother growing up with a heart defect and having to go to Johns Hopkins Hospital for surgery. He said they had to travel from Underwood Iowa to the hospital because Dr. Taussig and Dr. Blalock were the only doctors to treat blue babies and succeed. This was around 1948, William in 2009 received the BT shunt. This shunt was named for the above doctors that pioneered the heart surgeries in babies and that created the shunt that saved Will's life. The gentleman let myself and Dana look at some personal letters written from the doctor's to the family and news articles about the event. Here are some letters and articles in the World Herald in 1948.
