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The Virginia Apgar Papers

Title:
Letter from Virginia Apgar to Allen O. Whipple pdf (154,987 Bytes) ocr (8 Bytes)
Description:
In this letter, Apgar addressed several of her early concerns as director of the Anesthesia Division, including professional fees for anesthesiologists attending surgery for private patients, the temporary ban on use of cyclopropane (her own first choice of anesthesia), and the need for a permanent research anesthesiologist to develop the research component of the division.
Number of Image Pages:
2 (154,987 Bytes)
Date:
1939-09-25 (September 25, 1939)
Creator:
Apgar, Virginia
Recipient:
Whipple, Allen O.
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: 4
Unique Identifier:
CPBBFJ
Document Type:
Letters (correspondence)
Language:
English
Format:
application/pdf
image/tif
Physical Condition:
Good
Series: Correspondence 1925-1974
Folder: 1939-1940
Metadata Last Modified Date:
2006-05-08

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