摘要
Semen analysis as an integral part of infertility investigations has a surprisingly long history, emerging only slowly, from under a cloud of disrepute and occupying a solitary niche outside conventional pathology tests, until relatively recently. From origins in the 19th century when spermatozoa were only identified as present or absent in cervical mucus samples from postcoital tests, even then a practice deemed ＂... dabbling incompatible with decency and self-respect...＂ （cited in [1]）.
Semen analysis as an integral part of infertility investigations has a surprisingly long history, emerging only slowly, from under a cloud of disrepute and occupying a solitary niche outside conventional pathology tests, until relatively recently. From origins in the 19th century when spermatozoa were only identified as present or absent in cervical mucus samples from postcoital tests, even then a practice deemed ＂... dabbling incompatible with decency and self-respect...＂ （cited in [1]）.
