xiii, 90 pages : facsimiles, portraits, photographs ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents
Chapter 1 The Rival Teams 1 -- Chapter 2 Alternative Treatments: Artificial Tubes 7 -- Chapter 3 Nine Frustrating Years 11 -- Chapter 4 The Boy from Jerilderie 21 -- Chapter 5 Success at Last 25 -- Chapter 6 Nine Normal Pregnancies 31 -- Chapter 7 The Legislators' Dilemma 35 -- Chapter 8 Ethics and Frozen Embryos 44 -- Chapter 9 Opposition and Guidelines 50 -- Chapter 10 The Problems of Ambiguous Legislation 56 -- Chapter 11 The GIFT of Life 65 -- Chapter 12 The Struggle for Surrogacy 68 -- Chapter 13 The End of the Beginning 75
Summary
John Leeton tells the story of his work with friend and colleague Carl Wood, the early days of IVF, and the battle between research teams in Australia and the United Kingdom to create and implement this profoundly important medical procedure. This is the remarkable and inspiring story of one of the great medical achievements of the twentieth century. (Back of book)
