Habana - Campo de Pinas Prior to 1944

            The Postcard

A postcard that was published by C. Jordi, Obispo 526, Havana, Cuba. The card was printed in the United States.

The card was posted in Miami using a 5 cent stamp on Wednesday the 29th. November 1944. It was sent to:

Miss E. Ruy,
4a, Cricklade Street,
Cirencester,
Gloucestershire,
England.

The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"Miami, 29.11.44.
I spent yesterday in
Havana but not among
live pineapples.
Best love,
D."

The Sinking of the Shinano

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 29th. November 1944, the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano was torpedoed and sunk southeast of Kushimoto by the American submarine Archerfish.

René Chaloult

Also on that day, French Canadian nationalist René Chaloult said during a political meeting that Quebec should secede from Canada if the province was not allowed to decide its own policies on conscription.

A New Surgical Procedure

Also on that day, the first Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt was performed in Baltimore.

The Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt (BTT shunt) is a surgical procedure used to increase blood flow to the lungs in some forms of congenital heart disease such as pulmonary atresia and tetralogy of Fallot, which are common causes of blue baby syndrome. 

The procedure involves connecting a branch of the subclavian artery or carotid artery to the pulmonary artery. 

In modern practice, this procedure is temporarily used to direct blood flow to the lungs and relieve cyanosis while the infant is waiting for corrective or definitive surgery when their heart is larger. 

The BTT shunt is used in the first step of the three-stage palliation (the Norwood procedure).

   

Taken on: February 20, 2024

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