HOPE FOR THE CHILDLESS
NEW FACTS FOR THE CHILDLESS, by Lawrence Galton; Victor Gollancz, English price 13/6. MRE. GALTON has succeeded in that *"" deceptively difficult task: writing a "popular" book on an aspect of medicine. In an age of popularisation too many such books persist in condescending in their language and presentation of material as though their readers were not quite literate. This book is as concise as its subject allows, and makes a positive contribution to the layman's -and possibly the general practitioner’s -understanding of the complexities of fertility. New Facts for the Childless arms childless couples with the information and perspective to help them make best use of skilled medical advice. Sub-fer-tility-not sterility-in both husband and wife, for instance, is a frequent reason for childlessness. The account of how both partners if necessary can be treated, and what a specialist will look for and why, turns the problem of bar. renness into an opportunity for medical detective work. Many couples will never have children, But the author documents evidence showing that up to 50 per cent of the apparently barren can be helped. This book is not, on its own figures, a treatise for the few. The total number of the unwilling childless exceeds the number of sufferers from cancer and tuberculosis. If one adds the anxious parents of the only child, the numbers of those wanting help in this special
field are considerable indeed.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 808, 21 January 1955, Page 14
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238HOPE FOR THE CHILDLESS New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 808, 21 January 1955, Page 14
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