Title:

Virginia Apgar demonstrating Apgar score

Creator:

The National Foundation-March of Dimes

Date:

[1959]

Description:

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]

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the March of Dimes.

Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

Apgar Score

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy Source Citation:

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

Legacy ID:

CPBBDL

NLM ID:

101584647X51

Profiles Collection:

The Virginia Apgar Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584647X51

Story Section:

Obstetric Anesthesia and a Scorecard for Newborns, 1949-1958