Louise Brown c.Science Museum, Jody Kingzett.

Louise Joy Brown, the world’s first ‘test-tube baby’, was born on 25 July 1978 and given the middle name “Joy” by Patrick Steptoe, who successfully delivered her by Caesarean section. He said her birth would bring Joy and Hope to childless people around the world. It has!

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