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In April 1970, in the pages of the Obstetrical and Gynecological Review, I reviewed the history of attempts to control population growth by means of medical—i.e., nonsurgical—abortion. Starting in antiquity,...

Medicine Ethics, and the Third Reich: Historical and Contemporary Issues edited by john j. michalczyk sheed & ward 240 pages. $19.95 Arthur Cohen has characterized it as “beyond the...

The Gene Wars: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome by robert cook-deegan norton, 416 pp, $25 I must confess that I didn’t understand genetics in high school biology; I...

Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine by larry dossey harperone, 320 pages, $5.39 Do you pray? How often? Whom (or what) do you pray...

The Human Body Shop: The Engineering and Marketing of Life by andrew kimbrell harpercollins, 348 pages, $22 What Ralph Nader did to the auto barons, what Rachel Carson did...

Koop: The Memoirs of America’s Family Doctor by C. Everett Koop Random House, 342 pages, $22.50 What baleful things may befall a rugged, plain-spoken, life-affirming man when he ventures...