{"product_id":"the-fertility-doctor-margaret-marsh-9780801890017","title":"The Fertility Doctor: John Rock and the Reproductive Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs Louise Brown--the first baby conceived by in vitro fertilization--celebrates 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Rock spent his career studying human reproduction. The first researcher to fertilize a human egg in vitro in the 1940s, he became the nation's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRock 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarsh and Ronner's nuanced account sheds light on the man behind the brilliant career. They tell the story of a directionless young man, a saloon keeper's son, who began his working life as a timekeeper on a Guatemalan banana plantation and later became one of the most recognized figures of the twentieth century. They portray his medical practice from the perspective of his patients, who ranged from the wives of laborers to Hollywood film stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first scholars to have access to Rock's personal papers, Marsh and Ronner offer a compelling look at a man whose work defined the reproductive revolution, with its dual developments in contraception and technologically assisted conception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Marsh, Wanda Ronner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801890012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801890017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.32w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/2008 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/21\/2008 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/2008 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Annex\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/22\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/22\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2009","brand":"Margaret Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926142189823,"sku":"9780801890017","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b5ec8171-3a8b-496b-9c87-d21ade88acf1.jpg?v=1681081435","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fertility-doctor-margaret-marsh-9780801890017","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}