Title:

Letter from Karl A. Connell to Virginia Apgar

Creator:

Connell Apparatus
Connell, Karl A.

Recipient:

Apgar, Virginia

Date:

9 March 1939

Description:

Connell Apparatus manufactured and serviced the anesthesia machines used at Presbyterian Hospital. During Apgar's first years as director of the Anesthesia Division, the hospital grappled with the problem of explosions resulting from accidental ignition of anesthesia gases in the operating room. It was not always clear where the sparks originated in these accidents, and Connell worked with the hospital staff to discover which equipment and materials were causing them. In this letter, Connell described a modification to the equipment and other methods to reduce the risk of sparking from static electricity.

Original Repository:

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

Location:

Box: 5. Folder: 4

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Karl Connell.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Anesthesiology

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

Letter from Virginia Apgar to Karl A. Connell, 1939
Letter from Allen O. Whipple to Virginia Apgar, 1939
Letter from Karl A. Connell to Virginia Apgar, 1939

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

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

Legacy ID:

CPBBFD

NLM ID:

101584647X66

Profiles Collection:

The Virginia Apgar Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584647X66

Story Section:

Establishing a New Specialty, 1938-1949