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The Virginia Apgar Papers

Title:
Letter from Virginia Apgar to Allen O. Whipple pdf (187,666 Bytes) ocr (4,282 Bytes)
Description:
In 1937, after nearly a year's residency training in anesthesiology, Apgar was invited back to Columbia-Presbyterian (where she had done her surgery internship) to set up and head a new division of anesthesia there. In this letter, she outlined her plan for the division to Whipple, director of the department of surgery.
NOTE: Handwritten text at top of first page illegible in original.
Number of Image Pages:
5 (187,666 Bytes)
Date:
1937-11-29 (November 29, 1937)
Creator:
Apgar, Virginia
Recipient:
Whipple, Allen O.
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Presbyterian Hospital
Source:
Original Repository: Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. Virginia Apgar Papers [MS 0504]
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of Peter A. Apgar.
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
Anesthesiology
Exhibit Category:
Establishing a New Specialty, 1938-1949
Box Number: 5
Folder Number: 2
Unique Identifier:
CPBBDZ
Document Type:
Letters (correspondence)
Language:
English
Format:
application/pdf
image/tif
Physical Condition:
Good
Series: Correspondence 1925-1974
Folder: 1935-1937
Metadata Last Modified Date:
2006-05-08

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