Military Essay, 1909

Virginia Apgar (1909-1974)

Virginia Apgar worked as an obstetrical anesthesiologist, administering drugs that reduce women's pain during childbirth, in the mid-twentieth century US. In 1953, Apgar created a scoring system using five easily assessable measurements, including heart rate and breathing rate, to evaluate whether or not infants would benefit from medical attention immediately after birth. Apgar's system showed...

Virginia Apgar (1909-1974)

Virginia Apgar worked as an obstetrical anesthesiologist, administering drugs that reduce women's pain during childbirth, in the mid-twentieth century US. In 1953, Apgar created a scoring system using five easily assessable measurements, including heart rate and breathing rate, to evaluate whether or not infants would benefit from medical attention immediately after birth. Apgar's system showed...

Medical Examination Questions, 1909

The Prize Essay of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States

competition as great publicity "s possible through the pages of your valuable Journal. The old adage " in time of peace, prepare for war," was never more appropriate than at the present time, and it is the aim of this Association, by encouraging research and investigation along medico-military lines, to obviate in future to tho greatest possible extent the misfortunes which have heretofore atte...

Margaret (Peggy) Goldwater (1909?1985)

Margaret Goldwater advocated for birth control [3] and reproductive rights [4] in the United States during the twentieth century. Goldwater was a socialite and philanthropist and was married to Barry Goldwater, US Senator from Arizona. She spent much of her life working to further the women's reproductive rights movement, which sought to expand women's legal, social, and physical access to repr...