Letter from Virginia Apgar to L. Joseph Butterfield
- Contributor(s):
- University of Colorado Medical Center. Department of Pediatrics Butterfield, L. Joseph Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. Virginia Apgar Papers [MS 0504] Apgar, Virginia
- Publication:
- Produced: 1 August 1961
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Apgar Score Infant, Newborn
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Letters (correspondence)
- Abstract:
- Butterfield and his residents at the University of Colorado Medical Center modified the order and wording of the Apgar score's five points, so that they spelled "APGAR." This epigram form proved a useful teaching device, and Butterfield passed it along to Apgar. As this response indicated, Apgar was delighted by the innovation. By the late 1960s it had become the standard for Apgar score forms.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101584647X94 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- CPBBGM
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584647X94
- Archival Collection:
- The Virginia Apgar Papers (Profiles in Science)