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Letter from Virginia Apgar to Allen O. Whipple
Letter from Virginia Apgar to Allen O. Whipple
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Whipple, Allen O. Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. Virginia Apgar Papers [MS 0504] Apgar, Virginia
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.
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