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As Louise Brownthe first baby conceived by in vitro fertilizationcelebrates her 30th birthday, Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner tell the fascinating story of the man who first showed that human in vitro fertilization was possible. John Rock spent his career studying human reproduction. The first researcher to fertilize a human egg in vitro in the 1940s, he became the nations leading figure in the treatment of infertility, his clinic serving rich and poor alike. In the 1950s he joined forces with Gregory Pincus to develop oral contraceptives and in the 1960s enjoyed international celebrity for his promotion of the pill and his campaign to persuade the Catholic Church to accept it. Rock became a more controversial figure by the 1970s, as conservative Christians argued that his embryo studies were immoral and feminist activists contended that he had taken advantage of the clinic patients who had participated in these studies as research subjects. Marsh and Ronners nuanced account sheds light on the man behind the brilliant career. They tell the story of a directionless young man, a saloon keepers son, who began his working life as a timekeeper on a Guatemalan banana plantation and late

Author

Marsh, Margaret S., 1945-; Ronner, Wanda

Publisher

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801890017

Subjects

Medical, Literary Fiction, History

Rating

3.7 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14