Virginia Apgar : innovative female physician and inventor of the Apgar score / Melanie Ann Apel.
Material type:
TextSeries: Women hall of famers in mathematics and sciencePublication details: New York, NY : Rosen Pub. Group, 2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: 112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cmISBN: - 0823938808 (lib. bdg.)
- 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
- 617.9/6/092 B 21
- RD80.62.A64 A64 2004
Contents:
Summary: 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.
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.
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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.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.2 2.0 73004.
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