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The test that changed childbirth

EPISODE · Nov 29, 2019 · 6 MIN

The test that changed childbirth

from Retropod · host The Washington Post

In the 1950s, Dr. Virginia Apgar created a quick test that nurses have since performed on millions of babies just after birth. She is considered one of the most important figures in modern medicine — a world that almost pushed her away.

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