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”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

CHANG, Min Chueh

3 entries
  • 532.2

Fertilizing capacity of spermatozoa deposited into the Fallopian tubes.

Nature, 168, 697-98, 1951.

Discovery that maturation of the sperm in the mammalian female tract is a necessary step in reproduction. This was co-discovered and called capacitation by Austin in the same year. See C.R. Austin, Observation on the penetration of the sperm into the mammalian eggs. Aust. J. sci. Res., 1951, B4, 581-.



Subjects: EMBRYOLOGY › Infertility, Reproductive Technology › In-Vitro Fertilization
  • 1931.2

The effects of progesterone and related compounds on ovulation and early development in the rabbit.

Acta physiol, latinoamer., 3, 177-83, 1953.

First practical demonstration of an oral contraceptive.



Subjects: Contraception , PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS › Oral Contraceptives
  • 532.3

Fertilization of rabbit ova in vitro.

Nature, 184, 466-67, 1959.

The birth of normal rabbits from in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer was the first proof that births resulting from this procedure are normal.



Subjects: EMBRYOLOGY › Infertility, Reproductive Technology › In-Vitro Fertilization