The Sexual Behavior of Primates

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Title

The Sexual Behavior of Primates

Subject

Rock, John, 1890-1984
Lecture notes
Sexual behavior in animals

Description

In response to the 1929 NCHM survey, Harvard Medical School’s Dean David Edsall reported, “The men are taught something of the methods of contraception and sterilization during their regular course work, but there is no specific class in it.” Dr. Arthur T. Hertig recalled Rock’s lecturing about the taboo subject as early as 1928. As these lecture notes illustrate, Rock would occasionally integrate such material into his lectures about primates thus stepping around the legal barriers.

Abstract

Excerpt from John Rock's lecture notes concerning sexual behavior in primates

Creator

Rock, John, 1890-1984

Date Created

1942

Rights

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Is Part Of

John C. Rock personal and professional papers, 1918-1983. H MS c161. Box 21, folder 36.

References

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Format

text

Extent

excerpt (1 page)

Language

English

Type

text

Identifier

DigID0002381

Provenance

Donated to the Harvard Medical Library in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine by Mrs. Miriam Menkin

Files

http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/file_upload/0002381_dref.jpg

Citation

Rock, John, 1890-1984, “The Sexual Behavior of Primates,” OnView, accessed March 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6453.