I have just finished reading Robert Winston’s new book – A child against all odds – and came across some really interesting titbits.
Did you know that an italian scientist in 1866 theorized that one day freezing sperm would be available for reproduction either posthumously or otherwise? 1866??? quite something.
Did you know the first successful human pregnancy from frozen sperm occured in 1953?
Did you know the first recorded human artificial insemination was done in 1776, by a Scottish doctor – John Hunter? But in 1322, a traveller’s account tells of an arab chieftan who stole sperm from the stallion of the neighbouring tribe to inseminate his own mares.
Fertility treatments are neither innovative nor modern, they have only just caught up with renaissance thinking!
best wishes to new visitors to the forum, love to hear from you
Nicola
