Title:

Letter from Allen O. Whipple to Virginia Apgar

Creator:

Whipple, Allen O.

Recipient:

Apgar, Virginia

Date:

5 April 1939

Description:

During Apgar's first several years as director of the Anesthesia Division, the hospital grappled with the problem of explosions caused by accidental ignition of anesthesia gases. In this letter, Whipple, director of the Department of Surgery, informed Apgar that he and several other surgical directors agreed to discontinue the use of cyclopropane and ethylene anesthesia until the risk of explosion could be eliminated. He noted that though the incidence had not been high so far, any more explosions would reflect very badly on the hospital in the public press.

Original Repository:

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

Location:

Box: 5. Folder: 4

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Richard J. Bing.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Anesthesiology

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Letter from Karl A. Connell to Virginia Apgar, 1939
Letter from Virginia Apgar to Karl A. Connell, 1939

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

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

Legacy ID:

CPBBFG

NLM ID:

101584647X68

Profiles Collection:

The Virginia Apgar Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584647X68

Story Section:

Establishing a New Specialty, 1938-1949