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| − | '''Virginia Apgar''' (1909 | + | '''Virginia Apgar''' (born 1909) earned a medical degree from [[Columbia University]] in 1933 and created the [[Apgar score]] in 1952. |
* She developed the Apgar score, a system of rating the pulse, respiration, muscle tone, color and reflexes of a newborn baby. Her system of evaluating a newborn's health in the first, critical minutes after birth has saved countless lives ... [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/apgar_hi.html] | * She developed the Apgar score, a system of rating the pulse, respiration, muscle tone, color and reflexes of a newborn baby. Her system of evaluating a newborn's health in the first, critical minutes after birth has saved countless lives ... [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/apgar_hi.html] | ||
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Virginia Apgar (born 1909) earned a medical degree from Columbia University in 1933 and created the Apgar score in 1952.
- She developed the Apgar score, a system of rating the pulse, respiration, muscle tone, color and reflexes of a newborn baby. Her system of evaluating a newborn's health in the first, critical minutes after birth has saved countless lives ... [1]