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Apgar holds a newborn baby upside-down to test its reflexes, as part of an Apgar evaluation, at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Reflex irritability--in response to tickling the nostrils or gently slapping the feet--is one of the five Apgar score criteria.
Original Repository:
Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. L. Stanley James Papers [MS 0782]
Original Repository. Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. L. Stanley James Papers [MS 0782]. 12231. Free Text. Box 3, Folder 3: Of Apgar ca. 1920-1974