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Letter from Herbert E. Poch to Virginia Apgar
Letter from Herbert E. Poch to Virginia Apgar
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Apgar, Virginia Poch, Herbert E. Saint Elizabeth Hospital Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. Virginia Apgar Papers [MS 0504]
The Apgar scoring system was adopted rapidly in the U.S. after 1960, but, as Poch's letter indicated, there were disputes over who should do the actual scoring. Poch, a pediatrician who had trained with Apgar, thought it should be someone other than the attending obstetrician.
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