1902 MARTIN, Edward (1859 – 1938); CARNETT, John Benton (1890 – 1988)

The surgical treatment of sterility due to obstruction at the epididymis. Together with a study of the morphology of human spermatozoa.

Martin and colleagues reported on the study of 192 sterile couples. Martin pointed out "that 33 (17%) of the men in this group were azoospermic and two more could produce no ejaculate at all. From an examination of th…

GMN 12790 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15036

1903 MARTIN, Edward (1859 – 1938)

Sterility from obstruction at the epididymis cured by operative means.

The patient described in this paper gave a past history of epididymitis and also of gonococcal urethritis which was known at that time as ‘gleet’ and which had resulted in a urethral stricture. The epididymo-vasostomy…

GMN 12791 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15037

1909 MARTIN, Edward (1859 – 1938)

The operation of epididymo-vasostomy for the relief of sterility.

Of 11 men with an epididymal obstruction, seven underwent a unilateral and four a bilateral epididymo-vasostomy. The operations consisted of the formation of a side-to-side epididymo-vasal fistula using silver wire su…

GMN 12792 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15038