Title:

Accurate Apgar Scoring: A Proposal for a New Method of Evaluation of the Newborn Infant

Creator:

Resuscitation Labs

Date:

[December 1968]

Description:

This pamphlet accompanied an exhibit at the Twenty-Second Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology, December 16-18, 1968. It was supplied by Resuscitation Labs, a company which produced score pads and clipboards (with attached timer) for recording Apgar scores, and is an example of the Apgar score's widespread acceptance by the late 1960s.

Original Repository:

Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. Virginia Apgar Papers [MS 0504]

Location:

Box: 13. Folder: 3

Rights:

Courtesy of Mount Holyoke College.

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Genre:

Pamphlets

Subject:

Apgar Score and Infant, Newborn

Format:

Text

Extent:

4 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. Virginia Apgar Papers [MS 0504]. 12223

Legacy ID:

CPBBGV

NLM ID:

101584647X101

Profiles Collection:

The Virginia Apgar Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584647X101

Story Section:

Second Career: The National Foundation-March of Dimes, 1959-1974