A Textbook of in Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: Based on the Teaching Courses of Bourn Hall Clinic, Cambridge, and the Hallam Medical Centre, London

doi:10.1056/NEJM199307083290224

Volume 329:144-145		July 8, 1993		Number 2

A Textbook of in Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: Based on the Teaching Courses of Bourn Hall Clinic, Cambridge, and the Hallam Medical Centre, London

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Edited by Peter R. Brinsden and Paul A. Rainsbury. 451 pp., illustrated. Park Ridge, N.J., Parthenon, 1992. $110. ISBN 1-85070-323-X.

The cover of A Textbook of in Vitro Fertilization and AssistedReproduction promises to detail the teachings of the Bourn HallClinic -- the in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinic founded byDrs. Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards in 1980, two years afterthe birth of the world's first "test-tube" baby in their clinic.But you can't judge a book by its cover. Indeed, this book coversmore than simply laboratory techniques of assisted reproduction.After an introductory chapter detailing the history of BournHall Clinic and Hallam Medical Centre, six chapters describevarious aspects of infertility and infertility evaluations.Thereafter, . . . [Full Text of this Article]