“...It is evident that Storer had a forceful personality, evoking either strong antipathy or strong loyalty on the part of others. This characteristic emanates from these pages and will no doubt evoke similarly strong emotions in readers. However Storer clearly mellowed with age, and even those who dislike the younger Storer may find it difficult not to warm to the charm of the octogenerian...Anyone interested in medical history, US medical history, the history of gynecology, or the abortion controversies of the 19th and 20th centuries would be ill-advised to miss this book.”
-JAMA, 6/20/01

“Dyer’s comprehensive life of Storer, born in 1830 in Boston, is a fascinating portrait of this highly complex, multifaceted surgeon and natural scientist...The scope of the biography is daunting; Dyer has used primary sources extensively...Highly recommended. Undergraduates and up”
-CHOICE

“Recommended Readership: Students, residents, fellows, and attending physicians who are interested in the history of the specialty of gynecology, abortion issues, and medical ethics. Overall Grading: **** (excellent).”
-Mayo Clin. Proc.

“This carefully documented study of the work and life of Horatio Storer fills in an important gap in the history of the abortion controversy in America. Storer was an ardent and indefatigable opponent of criminal abortion. By force of personality and argument he marshaled professional opinion, especially that of the American Medical Association, against some of the prominent figures of the late 19th century. Storer was a pioneer gynecologist who advanced his field scientifically as well as ethically.”
-Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D., M.A.C.P., John Carroll Professor of Medicine & Medical Ethics, Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center (from a prepublication review)

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Foreword • Early Years • Harvard College, Russia and Labrador • Medical Schools, Boylston Medical Society • Emily Elvira, Simpson, The Lying-In Hospital • Father's Lecture, Medical Papers, Medical Societies • The Physicians’ Crusade Against Abortion • Autopsy of Magee, AMA Committee On Abortion • Eutokia, Pelvic Factors in Female Insanity • The AMA Meets In Boston, Prize Essay, Hysterectomy • Quarrel With Ellis, A Book For Every Woman • Is It I?, Self-Abuse in Women, Nursing, Eversion of the Rectum • The Gynaecological Society and Its Journal, Simpson's “Freedom” • Annual Address, Garrison Fight, 1870 AMA Meeting, Simpson's Death • The Lynn Abortionist, Massachusetts Medical Society Battles • Emily's Illness, Medical School Changes, A Wyman Villain • California, Third Annual Address, Emily's Death • Knee Surgery, Europe, A New Wife, Daughter Agnes, Step-Mother Frances • Rocky Mountain Sketch, Newport Sanitation, A TB Debate • Historian, Medical Medals, The Newport AMA Meeting • Labrador II, Jenner Centennial, New Anti-Abortion Address • Donation Of Medals, Cancer, A Protest Against Prejudice, Death of Frances • Fordham LL.D., The Storer Medallion, Class Secretary • Oldest Living Harvard Graduate, Final Classmate Obituary, Loving Cup from the City • Afterword • Notes • Index

1999, ix+626 pages, illustrated, clothbound and jacketed
ISBN 0-88135-266-7, L/C 99-19740, $39.95