| Description |
326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Henry E. Sigerist series in the history of medicine |
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Henry E. Sigerist series in the history of medicine.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Denied "a Blessing of the Lord": Living with Barrenness in Early America -- 2. "Purely Surgical"? Technology, Instrumentation, and Redefinition of Sterility at Midcentury -- 3. The "Degeneracy of American Womanhood": Gynecology Redefines Infertility, 1870-1900 -- 4. Framing Infertility: Sexuality, Marriage, and Parenthood in Twentieth-Century America -- 5. Degrees of Infertility: From the Sterile Woman to the Infertile Couple, 1900-1945 -- 6. "Such Great Strides": Reproductive Technology in Postwar America, 1945-1965 -- 7. "The End of the Beginning"? From Infertility Treatment to Assisted Reproduction, 1965-1981 -- Epilogue: The Past in the Present: Putting Reproductive Technology in Perspective -- Appendix: How Reproduction Occurs. |
| Subject |
Infertility -- United States -- History.
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Childlessness -- United States -- History.
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Motherhood -- United States -- History.
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Infertility -- therapy.
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History, 18th Century.
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Reproductive Techniques -- trends.
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| Added Author |
Ronner, Wanda.
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| ISBN |
0801852285 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780801852282 hardcover alkaline paper |
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