Anaesthesiologist
Virginia Apgar
Devised the ten point score taken on every newborn in the world within a minute of birth. It cut infant mortality by making a vague judgement into a measurement.
Virginia Apgar was an American physician, obstetrical anesthesiologist and medical researcher, best known as the inventor of the Apgar score, a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth in order to combat infant mortality. In 1952, she developed the 10-point Apgar score to assist physicians and nurses in assessing the status of newborns. Given at one minute and five minutes after birth, the Apgar test measures a child's breathing, skin color, reflexes, motion, and heart rate. A friend said, "She probably did more than any other physician to bring the problem of birth defects out of back rooms." She was a leader in the fields of anesthesiology and teratology, and introduced obstetrical considerations to the established field of neonatology.
- Born
- 1909-06-07, Westfield, New Jersey, USAA Monday
- Died
- 1974-08-07, New York, New York, USAA Wednesday, aged 65
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1909-06-07, Westfield, New Jersey, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 16°15′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 1°41′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 26°47′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Gemini | 26°57′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 7°47′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 6°31′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 20°26′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 20°22′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 15°40′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 25°06′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1974-08-07, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 14°45′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 4°27′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 4°15′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 21°05′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 6°57′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 16°21′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Cancer | 13°08′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Libra | 24°14′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 6°52′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Libra | 4°50′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Virginia Apgar was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
