THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

STATE OF WISCONSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL

              MADIEON

April 27, 1936

W. Virginia Apgar
Presbyterian Hospital
622 1. 168th St .
Hew York, lew York

Dear Dr. Apgar:

I have your telegram of April 20, your letter of April

21, and. a letter from m. Bovenstine, which shall be answered here-
with.

Dr. Bovenstine was right that there vm some question

about there being an opening July 1st on the Anesthesia service at Wis-
consin. The present outlook is that the service is full, with a very
slight element of uncertainty as to one appointment following July 1.
I therefore fear that I could offer you nothing in the way of definite
appointmen t .

Being interested in the progress of Anesthesia in the

United States, it is, of course, scarcely possible that I could fail to
be intensely interested in Dr. Whipplels efforts to improve the anesthesia
at Columbia. Under fib circmstances of your arrangement with Dr. Whipple
I presume it would be quite impossible anyway for you to take the usual
three year residency which is the only means that we have of offering
organized instruction to medical graduates.  It occurs to me that you
might find it profitable to spend a certain amount of time as a visitor
andoBservq. here. The place is open at all times to visitors so long
as they are medical graduates, and the members of the service, bo their
best to make the time of such visitors profitable.  There are usually
two meetings a week of the Anesthesia staff here.  The work of the week
is discussed and the literature reading of the member8 is reported. If
you wish to plan at any time to spend time, either a great deal or a
little, as such a visitor and observor here, I am sur8 you would be
very welcome.

         Thir la the -only suggestion that 1 can think of at
present that might, to some extent, meet your requirements.
perhaps say quite unofficially that if you were available here over
quite a period of tins and at a time when some of the people on the
service were t&ng their vacations so that help was not too plentiful,
it might Wry readily be that there would be considerable practical
experience available to you.  This I can not say officially and it would
depend on your own relationships with the members of the department and
the needs at the time you happen to be here.

regards, I am

I could

With best wishes for your success and with kindest

Sincerely,

1-

B. Bd. WateSs e M. D.
Dept. of Anesthesia