Title:

Letter from Ralph M. Waters to Virginia Apgar

Creator:

Waters, Ralph M.
The University of Wisconsin. State of Wisconsin General Hospital

Recipient:

Apgar, Virginia

Date:

6 January 1939

Description:

Waters established the first anesthesiology residency program at the University of Wisconsin in 1927, and Virginia Apgar was one of the residents in early 1937. When she became chief of the Division of Anesthesia at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in 1938, she consulted her mentor on several issues. In this letter, Waters wrote to let Apgar know about an upcoming visit from Dr. Nesbit, an ear, nose, and throat specialist, and discussed the best way to handle the anesthesia for the surgery he would do while in New York. Waters' reference to "cradle robbing" may refer to the difficulty Apgar experienced in recruiting anesthesiology residents from the New York area.

Original Repository:

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

Location:

Box: 10. Folder: 2

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Darwin D. Waters.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Anesthesiology

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

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

Legacy ID:

CPBBFT

NLM ID:

101584647X79

Profiles Collection:

The Virginia Apgar Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584647X79

Story Section:

Establishing a New Specialty, 1938-1949