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7 - The Ponseti Method
from Part II - Medicine
Edward A. Wasserman, University of Iowa
Book:

As If By Design

Published online:

01 July 2021

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22 July 2021, pp 77-87
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Summary

If you were born after 1953, then Virginia Apgar may have been responsible for devising your first test – given within 5 minutes of delivery. If you passed, then you might not take much note of Apgar’s historic contribution to medicine. However, if you failed, then you might want to credit her with what may have been the lifesaving care you received – precisely because you scored poorly. It is estimated that millions of at-risk infants have been saved from needless death because of the early warning signs detected with the Apgar Score. How Apgar came to devise, test, and publicize her test is an inspiring story in which persistence in the face of disappointment and discrimination can yield great success. Apgar’s story also underscores the importance of flexibility – changing your aspirations as conditions change. Such flexibility is inherent in how all organisms learn to cope with the changing challenges of survival.