Correspondence, C. Walton Lillehei to James Watt, brief summary of cross circulation in "layman's terms"

Correspondence, C. Walton Lillehei to James Watt, brief summary of cross circulation in "layman's terms"

Open Heart Surgery

Dr. James Watt, Director of the National Heart Institute Department of Health, Education and Welfare, wrote to the Department of Surgery to request a summary of the cross circulation method for open heart surgery that would be, "understandable to the laymen," in preparation for a presentationh. C. Walton Lillehei prepared a two-page summary of the operative technique titled, "Direct Vision Intracardiac Surgery by Means of Controlled Cross Circulation."

C. Walton Lillehei

"Lillehei, Clarence Walton, 1953-1957," Box 18, Folder 576, Department of Surgery records, uarc1007, University of Minnesota Archives

University of Minnesota

9-Sep-54

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September 9, 1954

Dr. James Watt, Director
National Heart Institute
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda 14, Maryland

Dear Doctor Watt:

Enclosed please find a brief summary of our cross cir-
culation work prepared in terminology which I believe will be
understandable to the laymen as you requested in your letter to
Doctor Wangensteen.

I wish to mention again on behalf of myself and
colleagues our appreciation for the past and present generous
support of the National Heart Institute in this work.

Sincerely yours,

CwL.
C. Walton Lillehei, M.D.
Associate Professor

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