Apgar, Virginia (1909–1974)

TL;DR: For his original work in congenital deformities he was called America's first plastic surgeon and "A genius of his time," summed up an article describing his innovations in ophthalmology.

TL;DR: The physician-poet from Verona who, in 1530, published a three-volume epic poem called Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus, became famous, since his poetic works spread like an infectious disease, and is considered a progenitor of modern bacteriology.

TL;DR: This edition includes more than 200 newly identified Syndromes and provides updated information and bibliographic references on syndromes covered in the previous edition.

TL;DR: Fifty years ago a paper was published in theJournal of the American Medical Association entitled "An unusual case of intra-group agglutination" by Philip Levine and Rufus Stetson, which was the first of many about what was later defined as "Rhesus haemolytic disease of the newborn".

TL;DR: The introduction of a needle designed by Ralph Huber and Edward Tuohy made continuous epidural anesthesia for labor possible.

TL;DR: A pregnant woman may become anxious if she has not delivered by the date given to her by her physician, so a range of dates (38-42 weeks) was substituted for a specific date of delivery.