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The relative viability of human spermatozoa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

A. C. Crooke ,
Anita M. Mandl  and
J. O. Irwin
A. C. Crooke
Affiliation:
From United Birmingham Hospitals and the Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Birmingham
Anita M. Mandl
Affiliation:
From United Birmingham Hospitals and the Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Birmingham
J. O. Irwin
Affiliation:
Statistical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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A heterogeneous sample consisting of eighteen specimens of semen provided by eleven patients was examined. Smears were supravitally stained at 3, 8 and 27 hr. Counts of living and dead spermatozoa, classified into normal and fourteen types of abnormal forms, showed that whereas five abnormal forms were always dead, the remaining types showed varying proportions of dead and living cells. Their rate of mortality was somewhat greater than that of normal spermatozoa.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , November 1949 , pp. 297 - 302
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1949

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