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Presenting the first test-tube baby : the Edwards and Steptoe Lecture of 1979 / Fiona Kisby Littleton, Susan Bewley, James Owen Drife.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Littleton, Fiona Kisby, author.
- Bewley, Susan, author.
- Drife, James O., 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fertilization in vitro, Human.
- Fertilization in vitro--Great Britain--History.
- Fertilization in vitro.
- Fertilization in Vitro--history.
- Personal Narratives as Topic.
- History, 20th Century.
- History, 21st Century.
- Edwards, R. G. (Robert Geoffrey), 1925-2013.
- Edwards, R. G.
- Steptoe, Patrick Christopher.
- United Kingdom.
- Medical Subjects:
- Fertilization in Vitro--history.
- Personal Narratives as Topic.
- History, 20th Century.
- History, 21st Century.
- United Kingdom.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 221 pages, [18] pages of plates : illustrations (color, black & white) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "This book is for historians, doctors, media students, IVF patients and their children. It showcases a lecture that was the first public explication of how conception 'in vitro' was first achieved by Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe in 1978, a treatment that has given rise to 8 million babies worldwide"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- From Oldham and Cambridge to the rest of the world the contexts and contents of the lecture, 1978-80 / Fiona Kisby Littleton
- The lecture, 1979 : pregnancies following implantation of human embryos grown in culture / Fiona Kisby Littleton and Susan Bewley
- The professional reminiscence, 2019 : retired fellows look back / Fiona Kisby Littleton, Susan Bewley and James Owen Drife
- The local reminiscence : an Oldham journalist remembers / Janice Barker
- The legacy : 2019 and beyond / Peter Braude and Martin Johnson.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Littleton, Fiona Kisby. Presenting the first test-tube baby.
- ISBN:
- 9781009211031
- 100921103X
- 9781009211024
- 1009211021
- OCLC:
- 1347786334
- Publisher Number:
- 99993181292
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