Some newer aspects of the management of infertility
GES Jones - Journal of the American Medical Association, 1949 - jamanetwork.com
A discussion of infertility would be incomplete without a comment on the changing concepts
of the definition. For statistical purposes it may be necessary to retain the criterion of a three
year barren marriage. However, for the most satisfactory therapeutic results it appears that
investigations for infertility must be instituted before these three, possibly most valuable,
years have been wasted. The validity of shortening the period is substantiated by work of
Diddle 1 and Guttmacher, 2 who independently obtained a figure of six months as the …
of the definition. For statistical purposes it may be necessary to retain the criterion of a three
year barren marriage. However, for the most satisfactory therapeutic results it appears that
investigations for infertility must be instituted before these three, possibly most valuable,
years have been wasted. The validity of shortening the period is substantiated by work of
Diddle 1 and Guttmacher, 2 who independently obtained a figure of six months as the …