Beyond Constructivism?: Gender, Medicine and the Early History of Sperm Analysis, Germany 1870-1900.

During the last two decades of the nineteenth century, male sterility developed into an object of considerable medical attention. Microscopic analysis of sperm was employed as a new diagnostic tool to determine whether the childlessness of a marriage was due to the sterility of the husband. Past inf...

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Publicado en:	Gender & History Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 647 - 677
Autor principal:	Benninghaus, Christina
Formato:	Case Study
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell Nov2012
Materias:	Spermatozoa Human fertility Sexually transmitted diseases Men's health 19th century medical history German history, 1871-1918 Germany
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