title: "Dr. Sharp with his little knife": therapeutic and punitive origins of eugenic vasectomy--Indiana, 1892-1921.
authors.affiliation: Department of History University of Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gugliotta
mesh_terms: D032763:Behavior Control; D005053:Eugenics / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D007878:Legislation as Topic / Q000266:history; D008297:Male; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011329:Prisoners / Q000266:history; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013244:Sterilization, Involuntary / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States; D014659:Vasectomy / Q000266:history*