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For those that do not know, cardiology is the study of disorders and diseases of the heart.
Why do I collect cardiology? I am one of the first "blue babies" from the 1960s. I've pretty much out-lived everyone else. The early development of surgery on blue babies was developed at the Hospital For Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I am one of the oldest examples of a child who was born with Transposition of the Great Vessels, with a Mustard Correction (developed by Dr. William Mustard at "Sick Kids"). My first operation was at five-days old (1965) and the Mustard Correction was performed when I was three-years old (1968).
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David:
Are Stamporama members entitled to an exclusive preview of some of what you will be exhibiting?
John Derry
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Let me see what I can dig up. I have to learn how to upload a picture, here.
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Congratulations, David! There must be a special reason that you survived.
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David - I have several sheets of "Heart Haven" stamps from the 1950's. I don't know much about them. Let me know if you have any interest in these. Maybe there are some other members who have some background with these. I do not think they are Cardiology related.
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I have this set of stamped postcards with a mostly cardiovascular related themes, from South Africa.
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DCStamps:
I concur. I do not think those labels are cardiology related.
I do have a number of Chicago Heart Association labels.
Cocollectibles:
VERY NICE. Looks like a promotion for donating blood.
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David - from what I can find on the internet, Heart Haven must be a nationwide group that helps/assists the needy and dis-abled. The hearth theme must be getting at your heart to contribute. These stamps are from the 1950's and I recall when I was kid growing up then that all kinds of stamps showed up in the mail asking for donations. It was my introduction into Xmas seals, Easter seals, Boys Town labels, and many others. I kept a lot of them, but never really generated any real interest to understand all of them and actually collect them. I have purchased some lately because I became interested in the National Wildlife Federation stamps and wanted to learn more about Xmas seals. Now that is another whole new can of worms. I never knew there were so many varieties of Xmas seals and from all over the world if you want to really dig deep into it. Anyway, good luck on your Cardiology endeavor. It is certainly unique and maybe some day you can have an on-line display. I will keep my open for examples now that I know you interested.
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Mdroth:
Most interesting!
The first operation I had was the Blalock-Hanlon procedure (look it up on Wikipaedia). The second operation I had was the Mustard Procedure.
David
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Okay folks, you asked for it, so here is a preview of Cardiology on stamps.
A word of warning. Most of these stamps, postmarks, covers, etc. are lovely. However, some are GRAPHIC. If an open chest, blood, and death frighten you, I would not suggest you continue.
The first one:
FDC from Canada honouring World Health Day 1972. The theme of WHD (sponsored by the United Nations World Health Organisation) was "Your Heart is Your Health". A number of countries issued stamps to honour WHD.
I like this cachet as it has an anatomical heart (as opposed to a playing card heart), and there is the symbol of the UNWHO, and the Canadian Heart Foundation.
I think the stamp is cheesey, as it is a take on the Canadian flag, replacing the Maple Leaf with a playing card heart.
David
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This issue honours the 50th Anniversary of the Montreal Heart Institute. The first heart transplant in Canada was performed here.
I like this FDC, as the postmark tying the stamp to the cover, includes an EKG trace. Most importantly, it shows a modern heart operation in progress, as the cachet. Clearly, this patient is undergoing open-heart surgery. How can you tell? See the man in the foreground with his back to you? He's sitting in front of a machine with a big machine overhead. That machine is the heart-lung machine (cardio-pulmonary bypass). Whilst the patient's heart is stopped and the surgeons are working on it, the heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood of the patient.
More to come, folks!
David
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As I see it in my stock, Israel made one nice set in this "Topic" - 2013 year, set of 3 value:
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Hi David,
I'm a topical collector on medicine from Italy.
I've done some collections already displayed in Anesthesiology, Malaria, Dhermatology and Psychiatrist. I have severals about cardiology; I hope in the future to arrange a collection about it.
here a cancel from european congress of cardiology 1960
bye
sergio
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It sounds like David helped to create medical history, which he will be documenting philatelically. We'll be looking forward to seeing your exhibit, David.
As a result of my military experience as a hospital corpsman with both the U.S. Navy and the Fleet Marine Force of the U.S. Marines, and a history of way too many injuries, surgeries and illnesses, I have developed a "healthy" interest in all things medical. That interest resulted, last year, in a one-frame, 16-sheet exhibit at VANPEX (VANcouver Philatelic Exhibition) titled "Compassion in a time of war". Topics include Jean-Henri Dunant, whose experiences led to the founding of the Red Cross; battlefield first aid; hospital wagons, trains, and ships; ambulances (including fixed-wing and helicopter air ambulances); blood and plasma transfusion; the death of the concept of the "good" death,* and the mythology of the "glorious dead". I won a vermeil (small gold) medal for the exhibit. As a result of this thread, I decided it was time to get my exhibit uploaded to my web site. I'll let you know when I've completed that project.
I have considered starting a collection of stamps and covers related to tuberculosis; my Grandmother Ingraham almost died of TB before moving to the dry climate of New Mexico. My web page, Hiking to Fort Bayard, is about the Veterans Administration hospital near my home in New Mexico, which served as a TB treatment centre for much of the 20th Century. In fact, a distant cousin of mine contracted TB during his service during the Philippine Insurrection (America's first "Vietnam War") and later died at Fort Bayard, where he is buried. (My Fort Bayard web page includes quite a bit of philatelic material.)
One of the more interesting exhibits I've seen in recent years was based on the hospitalization of a Vancouver nurse who contracted polio when she was working on a children's polio ward in the 1950s. The exhibitor was her son, Dr. Ron Warneboldt, a member of my stamp club. Ron told me that in some ways his mom's polio was a blessing for him; he figures that he spent far more quality time with her, even though she was in an iron lung, than most boys ever have with their mothers.
Bob Ingraham
* The "Good Death" was a concept that was common in the 19th Century, the idea being that death was "acceptable" if it occurred at home in bed, with the dying person surrounded by family and friends. Modern warfare rather destroyed the possibility of a good death for a great many young men, and often made it impossible for soldiers to be buried at home.
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Yup.... I will be mounting this collection this autumn and winter, after about eight years of research, studying, and collecting. I will exhibit it at ORAPEX 2014 in Ottawa.
For those that do not know, cardiology is the study of disorders and diseases of the heart.
Why do I collect cardiology? I am one of the first "blue babies" from the 1960s. I've pretty much out-lived everyone else. The early development of surgery on blue babies was developed at the Hospital For Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I am one of the oldest examples of a child who was born with Transposition of the Great Vessels, with a Mustard Correction (developed by Dr. William Mustard at "Sick Kids"). My first operation was at five-days old (1965) and the Mustard Correction was performed when I was three-years old (1968).
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The past is a foreign country, they do things different there.
11 Jul 2013
06:14:29pm
re: Put Your Heart Into It... Collect Cardiology on Stamps
David:
Are Stamporama members entitled to an exclusive preview of some of what you will be exhibiting?
John Derry
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Let me see what I can dig up. I have to learn how to upload a picture, here.
David
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12 Jul 2013
03:18:06am
re: Put Your Heart Into It... Collect Cardiology on Stamps
Congratulations, David! There must be a special reason that you survived.
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re: Put Your Heart Into It... Collect Cardiology on Stamps
David - I have several sheets of "Heart Haven" stamps from the 1950's. I don't know much about them. Let me know if you have any interest in these. Maybe there are some other members who have some background with these. I do not think they are Cardiology related.
--- Dan
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07:29:54pm
re: Put Your Heart Into It... Collect Cardiology on Stamps
I have this set of stamped postcards with a mostly cardiovascular related themes, from South Africa.
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re: Put Your Heart Into It... Collect Cardiology on Stamps
DCStamps:
I concur. I do not think those labels are cardiology related.
I do have a number of Chicago Heart Association labels.
Cocollectibles:
VERY NICE. Looks like a promotion for donating blood.
David
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re: Put Your Heart Into It... Collect Cardiology on Stamps
David - from what I can find on the internet, Heart Haven must be a nationwide group that helps/assists the needy and dis-abled. The hearth theme must be getting at your heart to contribute. These stamps are from the 1950's and I recall when I was kid growing up then that all kinds of stamps showed up in the mail asking for donations. It was my introduction into Xmas seals, Easter seals, Boys Town labels, and many others. I kept a lot of them, but never really generated any real interest to understand all of them and actually collect them. I have purchased some lately because I became interested in the National Wildlife Federation stamps and wanted to learn more about Xmas seals. Now that is another whole new can of worms. I never knew there were so many varieties of Xmas seals and from all over the world if you want to really dig deep into it. Anyway, good luck on your Cardiology endeavor. It is certainly unique and maybe some day you can have an on-line display. I will keep my open for examples now that I know you interested.
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re: Put Your Heart Into It... Collect Cardiology on Stamps
Mdroth:
Most interesting!
The first operation I had was the Blalock-Hanlon procedure (look it up on Wikipaedia). The second operation I had was the Mustard Procedure.
David
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re: Put Your Heart Into It... Collect Cardiology on Stamps
Okay folks, you asked for it, so here is a preview of Cardiology on stamps.
A word of warning. Most of these stamps, postmarks, covers, etc. are lovely. However, some are GRAPHIC. If an open chest, blood, and death frighten you, I would not suggest you continue.
The first one:
FDC from Canada honouring World Health Day 1972. The theme of WHD (sponsored by the United Nations World Health Organisation) was "Your Heart is Your Health". A number of countries issued stamps to honour WHD.
I like this cachet as it has an anatomical heart (as opposed to a playing card heart), and there is the symbol of the UNWHO, and the Canadian Heart Foundation.
I think the stamp is cheesey, as it is a take on the Canadian flag, replacing the Maple Leaf with a playing card heart.
David
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re: Put Your Heart Into It... Collect Cardiology on Stamps
This issue honours the 50th Anniversary of the Montreal Heart Institute. The first heart transplant in Canada was performed here.
I like this FDC, as the postmark tying the stamp to the cover, includes an EKG trace. Most importantly, it shows a modern heart operation in progress, as the cachet. Clearly, this patient is undergoing open-heart surgery. How can you tell? See the man in the foreground with his back to you? He's sitting in front of a machine with a big machine overhead. That machine is the heart-lung machine (cardio-pulmonary bypass). Whilst the patient's heart is stopped and the surgeons are working on it, the heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood of the patient.
More to come, folks!
David
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re: Put Your Heart Into It... Collect Cardiology on Stamps
As I see it in my stock, Israel made one nice set in this "Topic" - 2013 year, set of 3 value:
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re: Put Your Heart Into It... Collect Cardiology on Stamps
Hi David,
I'm a topical collector on medicine from Italy.
I've done some collections already displayed in Anesthesiology, Malaria, Dhermatology and Psychiatrist. I have severals about cardiology; I hope in the future to arrange a collection about it.
here a cancel from european congress of cardiology 1960
bye
sergio
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re: Put Your Heart Into It... Collect Cardiology on Stamps
It sounds like David helped to create medical history, which he will be documenting philatelically. We'll be looking forward to seeing your exhibit, David.
As a result of my military experience as a hospital corpsman with both the U.S. Navy and the Fleet Marine Force of the U.S. Marines, and a history of way too many injuries, surgeries and illnesses, I have developed a "healthy" interest in all things medical. That interest resulted, last year, in a one-frame, 16-sheet exhibit at VANPEX (VANcouver Philatelic Exhibition) titled "Compassion in a time of war". Topics include Jean-Henri Dunant, whose experiences led to the founding of the Red Cross; battlefield first aid; hospital wagons, trains, and ships; ambulances (including fixed-wing and helicopter air ambulances); blood and plasma transfusion; the death of the concept of the "good" death,* and the mythology of the "glorious dead". I won a vermeil (small gold) medal for the exhibit. As a result of this thread, I decided it was time to get my exhibit uploaded to my web site. I'll let you know when I've completed that project.
I have considered starting a collection of stamps and covers related to tuberculosis; my Grandmother Ingraham almost died of TB before moving to the dry climate of New Mexico. My web page, Hiking to Fort Bayard, is about the Veterans Administration hospital near my home in New Mexico, which served as a TB treatment centre for much of the 20th Century. In fact, a distant cousin of mine contracted TB during his service during the Philippine Insurrection (America's first "Vietnam War") and later died at Fort Bayard, where he is buried. (My Fort Bayard web page includes quite a bit of philatelic material.)
One of the more interesting exhibits I've seen in recent years was based on the hospitalization of a Vancouver nurse who contracted polio when she was working on a children's polio ward in the 1950s. The exhibitor was her son, Dr. Ron Warneboldt, a member of my stamp club. Ron told me that in some ways his mom's polio was a blessing for him; he figures that he spent far more quality time with her, even though she was in an iron lung, than most boys ever have with their mothers.
Bob Ingraham
* The "Good Death" was a concept that was common in the 19th Century, the idea being that death was "acceptable" if it occurred at home in bed, with the dying person surrounded by family and friends. Modern warfare rather destroyed the possibility of a good death for a great many young men, and often made it impossible for soldiers to be buried at home.
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