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. Copyright: This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use. 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)