An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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BELLERBY, Charles William

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A rapid test for the diagnosis of pregnancy.

Nature, (Lond), 133, 494-95, 1934.

The Xenopus toad test for the diagnosis of pregnancy; this preliminary note followed Hogben’s demonstration that Xenopus responds by ovulation to the gonadotrophic hormone (Trans. roy. Soc. S. Africa, 1930, Ser. A, 5, 19). For detailed history of the development of this test, see Brit. med. J., 1946, 2, 554.



Subjects: OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › OBSTETRICS › Pregnancy Tests