The empty cradle: infertility in America from Colonial times to the present (Record no. 81795)
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| fixed length control field | 01515cam a2200205 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 0801852285 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 090112t1996 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0801852285 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Marsh, Margaret |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The empty cradle: infertility in America from Colonial times to the present |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Baltimore |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1996 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 326; ill.,bibl.; BookFind |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | The Henry E. Sigerist series in the history of medicine |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Hardback |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | This history of infertility, and the social phenomenon of how Americans have reacted to it, describes the emotional and medical experiences of childless couples who seek help for infertility. It utilizes a variety of sources, such as memoirs, patient records, medical textbooks, scholarly journals, personal letters and women's magazines, in order to correct certain assumptions about infertility. Many of the ""modern"" medical techniques used to treat infertility are shown as having been around for a long time - donor insemination was first carried out as early as the mid-19th century, while the first ""ovarian transplantation"" took place in the later 19th century. The role of gender is examined, and the authors argue that although infertility is a condition for which men and women bear equal responsibility, women have been subjected to a disproportionate share of the blame and treatment. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | HISTORY |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | INFERTILITY, history |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ronner, Wanda |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare | Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare | Shelves | 12/01/2009 | WP 570 MAR | 11633 | 29/09/2022 | 29/09/2022 | Book |