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Whipple, Allen O. and Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Date:
29 November 1937
Description:
In 1937, after nearly a year's residency training in anesthesiology, Apgar was invited back to Columbia-Presbyterian (where she had done her surgery internship) to set up and head a new division of anesthesia there. In this letter, she outlined her plan for the division to Whipple, director of the department of surgery.. NOTE: Handwritten text at top of first page illegible in original.
Original Repository:
Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. Virginia Apgar Papers [MS 0504]