Gynecology

Richard R. Curtin, Howard Ulfelder
In: New England Journal of Medicine · 1959 · vol. 261(16) , pp. 798–802 · doi:10.1056/nejm195910152611606 · PMID:13848231 · W4250458486
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This paper discusses historical progress in gynecology, focusing on the challenges of applying scientific methods to the study and treatment of infertility in couples.

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PROGRESS in gynecology has concerned a number of subjects, not the least of which is that of disorders of reproduction.Disorders of ReproductionInfertilityMedicine in general has always been a difficult field of endeavor in which to apply satisfactory scientific methods and controls, and nowhere more so than in the study and treatment of the infertile couple. Physicians have always been susceptible to the "post hoc, ergo propter hoc" reasoning, understandably so with problems involving so many variables about which so little is known. In recent years there has been a healthy interest in gynecologic literature, and especially in . . .

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