The Lesser-Known Fertility Doctor Who Fathered 600 Children
Doctor Bertold Wiesner
In the mid-1900s, human artificial insemination was still a highly stigmatized topic. The Pope condemned the practice and deemed it a sin. Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Canterbury also protested for the practice to be ruled out as an illegal action.
Hence, things were not working in favor of people who desired to be parents but couldn’t do it via the natural process. However, Dr. Bertold Paul Wiesner, was up for the rescue.
Early Life and Marriage to Anna Gmeyner
Doctor Bertold Paul Wiesner was born on 24th July 1901 in Austria. He got married to Anna Gmeyner around the 1920s, and the couple had a daughter together, Eva Ibbotson.
In 1926, Wiesner embarked on his research surrounding the relationship between hormones and fertility. In addition, Wiesner looked into the possibility of resorting to psychological means when terminating pregnancy instead of the available mechanical methods.
During the same year, Wiesner relocated to Scotland with his family. He was expected to take up a post at the University of Edinburgh.
Wiesner and Anna separated in 1928. In the same year, Wiesner was appointed as the head of Sex Physiology by the…
