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2 Blalock A, Tauasig HB. The surgical treatment of malformations of the heart in which there is pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary atresia. .I Am Med Assoc 1945; 128: 189-202. 3 Taussig HB, Crocetti A. Eshaghpour E, et al. Long-time observations on the Blalock-Taussig operation. I. Results of first operation, Johns Hopkins Med J 1971: 129: 2433257. 4 Taussig HB. Congenital malformations of the heart. The Commonwealth Fund. New York. 1947 (1st Ed.). Congenital malformations of the heart (2nd ed) Vol I. General considerations. Volume II. Specific malformations. Commonwealth Fund, Harvard University Press. Cambridge. Massachusetts, 1960. 5 Taussig HB. Thalidomide and phocomelia. Pediatrics 1962; 30: 6544659. 6 Taussig HB. World survey of the common cardiac malformations: Developmental error or genetic variant? Am J Cardiol 1982: 50: 544-559.
A remembrance from Europe Caroline
L.D.C. Bruins
Wussenour. The
.Nerherlud~
Dr. T. she was to us, who did not want to call her Helen, as she had proposed. I was a young Dutch paediatrician when I came to work in her clinic in 1947. Even then, fellows and visitors came from the Americas, South Africa, India, Australia and from many countries in Europe: Scandinavia, Germany, England, Benelux, Greece and so on. It is thanks to her that children with congenital heart disease can now be treated adequately in most European countries: that a cardiac institute is flourishing in New Delhi under the leadership of Padmavati; that cardiac research worldwide was given a new impetus; and that, in the field of surgery and intensive care in infants, great advances have been and are being achieved. Her deafness and hearing-aid (a continuous irritation to her) helped her in developing her other senses. Thus, she felt a dubious thrill through somebody else’s hand on the child’s thorax. Similarly, fluoroscopy came to be her main source of information. She recognized non-cardiac congenital anomalies without ever having seen them. In short, she was a keen observer and a good diagnostician. We worked hard and learned fast in the cardiac clinic, but she also kept an eye on us and on how we fared personally in the U.S.A. Her parties had a uniting quality, her friendship was durable and we tried to keep on attending the meetings in her clinic throughout the following years. My last visit to her Cape Cod house was last summer. It is thus that not only her teaching but also her personality had an impact on her pupils and visitors from all over the world. But parents and children from abroad too could expect a warm welcome in Baltimore. Contacts with their respective consulates were established on their arrival. How good relations were may be concluded from the fact that, up till a few years ago, she visited a few of her patient-friends abroad.
Correspondence lands.
to: Caroline
L.D.C.
Bruins.
M.D.. Jonkerlaan
77, 2242 GC Wassenaar.
The Nether-
It was not only the anomaly which interested Dr. T. so much, it was the quality of life her patients could expect. I remember one French mother who spent her spare time in the Johns Hopkins library and later had a book published on on the history of Johns Hopkins “L’enfant bleu. doit-il vivre?” with an introduction Hospital. In short, H.B.T. combined many gifts such as warm human feeling, a scientific outlook, creative ideas and a lot of common sense. Illustrating the latter is the story of her nephew’s growing pains in the legs which made him cry out in the night. Aunt Helen cured him by stretching his legs when he was half asleep, and advised his mother to do the same. She was an outstanding woman and we will miss her.
2 Blalock A, Tauasig HB. The surgical treatment of malformations of the heart in which there is pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary atresia. .I Am Med Assoc 1945; 128: 189-202. 3 Taussig HB, Crocetti A. Eshaghpour E, et al. Long-time observations on the Blalock-Taussig operation. I. Results of first operation, Johns Hopkins Med J 1971: 129: 2433257. 4 Taussig HB. Congenital malformations of the heart. The Commonwealth Fund. New York. 1947 (1st Ed.). Congenital malformations of the heart (2nd ed) Vol I. General considerations. Volume II. Specific malformations. Commonwealth Fund, Harvard University Press. Cambridge. Massachusetts, 1960. 5 Taussig HB. Thalidomide and phocomelia. Pediatrics 1962; 30: 6544659. 6 Taussig HB. World survey of the common cardiac malformations: Developmental error or genetic variant? Am J Cardiol 1982: 50: 544-559.
A remembrance from Europe Caroline
L.D.C. Bruins
Wussenour. The
.Nerherlud~
Dr. T. she was to us, who did not want to call her Helen, as she had proposed. I was a young Dutch paediatrician when I came to work in her clinic in 1947. Even then, fellows and visitors came from the Americas, South Africa, India, Australia and from many countries in Europe: Scandinavia, Germany, England, Benelux, Greece and so on. It is thanks to her that children with congenital heart disease can now be treated adequately in most European countries: that a cardiac institute is flourishing in New Delhi under the leadership of Padmavati; that cardiac research worldwide was given a new impetus; and that, in the field of surgery and intensive care in infants, great advances have been and are being achieved. Her deafness and hearing-aid (a continuous irritation to her) helped her in developing her other senses. Thus, she felt a dubious thrill through somebody else’s hand on the child’s thorax. Similarly, fluoroscopy came to be her main source of information. She recognized non-cardiac congenital anomalies without ever having seen them. In short, she was a keen observer and a good diagnostician. We worked hard and learned fast in the cardiac clinic, but she also kept an eye on us and on how we fared personally in the U.S.A. Her parties had a uniting quality, her friendship was durable and we tried to keep on attending the meetings in her clinic throughout the following years. My last visit to her Cape Cod house was last summer. It is thus that not only her teaching but also her personality had an impact on her pupils and visitors from all over the world. But parents and children from abroad too could expect a warm welcome in Baltimore. Contacts with their respective consulates were established on their arrival. How good relations were may be concluded from the fact that, up till a few years ago, she visited a few of her patient-friends abroad.
Correspondence lands.
to: Caroline
L.D.C.
Bruins.
M.D.. Jonkerlaan
77, 2242 GC Wassenaar.
The Nether-
It was not only the anomaly which interested Dr. T. so much, it was the quality of life her patients could expect. I remember one French mother who spent her spare time in the Johns Hopkins library and later had a book published on on the history of Johns Hopkins “L’enfant bleu. doit-il vivre?” with an introduction Hospital. In short, H.B.T. combined many gifts such as warm human feeling, a scientific outlook, creative ideas and a lot of common sense. Illustrating the latter is the story of her nephew’s growing pains in the legs which made him cry out in the night. Aunt Helen cured him by stretching his legs when he was half asleep, and advised his mother to do the same. She was an outstanding woman and we will miss her.