Virginia Apgar : innovative female physician and inventor of the Apgar score /
Apel, Melanie Ann.
Virginia Apgar : innovative female physician and inventor of the Apgar score / Melanie Ann Apel. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Rosen Pub. Group, 2004. - 112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. - Women hall of famers in mathematics and science. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-107) and index.
Virginia Apgar's early years -- Becoming a doctor: internships and beyond -- A working woman -- The Apgar score -- Time for hobbies -- March of Dimes Birth Defect Foundation -- A famous woman -- The end-- and after.
Profiles a woman anesthesiologist who was a pioneer in medicine, graduating from medical school at a time when few women attended college and going on to develop the Apgar score for measuring a newborn's physical condition at birth.
0823938808 (lib. bdg.)
2002009415
Apgar, Virginia, 1909-1974 --Juvenile literature.
Apgar, Virginia, 1909-1974.
Anesthesiologists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women physicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Apgar score--History--Juvenile literature.
Anesthesiologists.
Physicians.
Scientists.
Women--Biography.
Apgar score.
RD80.62.A64 / A64 2004
617.9/6/092 B
Virginia Apgar : innovative female physician and inventor of the Apgar score / Melanie Ann Apel. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Rosen Pub. Group, 2004. - 112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. - Women hall of famers in mathematics and science. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-107) and index.
Virginia Apgar's early years -- Becoming a doctor: internships and beyond -- A working woman -- The Apgar score -- Time for hobbies -- March of Dimes Birth Defect Foundation -- A famous woman -- The end-- and after.
Profiles a woman anesthesiologist who was a pioneer in medicine, graduating from medical school at a time when few women attended college and going on to develop the Apgar score for measuring a newborn's physical condition at birth.
0823938808 (lib. bdg.)
2002009415
Apgar, Virginia, 1909-1974 --Juvenile literature.
Apgar, Virginia, 1909-1974.
Anesthesiologists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women physicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Apgar score--History--Juvenile literature.
Anesthesiologists.
Physicians.
Scientists.
Women--Biography.
Apgar score.
RD80.62.A64 / A64 2004
617.9/6/092 B