Infections, Infertility, and Assisted Reproduction
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780521819107
Subjects: Infertility & fertilization; Medical microbiology & virology; Medical; Complications; Medical / Nursing; Treatment; Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Medical / Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Communicable diseases; Human reproductive technology; Infertility
First sentence: The history of microbiology, the scientific study of microorganisms, had its origins in the second half of the seventeenth century, when Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), a tradesman in Delft, Holland, learned to grind lenses in order to make microscopes that would allow him to magnify and observe a wide range of materials and objects.