Virginia Apgar demonstrating Apgar score

Virginia Apgar demonstrating Apgar score

Contributor(s):
The National Foundation-March of Dimes
Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. L. Stanley James Papers [MS 0782]
Publication:
Produced: [1959]
Language(s):
No linguistic content
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Apgar Score
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Photographic prints
Abstract:
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.
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584647X51 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
CPBBDL
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584647X51
Archival Collection:
The Virginia Apgar Papers (Profiles in Science)