The Virginia Apgar Papers
- Title:
- [Virginia Apgar demonstrating Apgar score]
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- Description:
- Apgar holds a newborn baby upside-down to test its reflexes, as part of an Apgar evaluation, at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Reflex irritability--in response to tickling the nostrils or gently slapping the feet--is one of the five Apgar score criteria.
- Number of Image Pages:
- 1 (215,366 Bytes)
- Date Supplied:
- 1959
- Creator:
- National Foundation-March of Dimes
- Source:
- Original Repository: Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. L. Stanley James Papers [MS 0782]
- Box 3, Folder 3: Of Apgar ca. 1920-1974
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of the March of Dimes.
- Subject:
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- Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
- Apgar Score
- Exhibit Category:
- Obstetric Anesthesia and a Scorecard for Newborns, 1949-1958
- Unique Identifier:
- CPBBDL
- Document Type:
- Photographic prints
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- image/tif
- Physical Condition:
- Good
- Metadata Last Modified Date:
- 2006-06-15
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