In 1945, Carl Gerasi, a doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, saw that the girl he loved was abandoned by her ex-boyfriend and suffered from abortion, and she decided to develop a drug that could prevent women from pregnancy, and many years later, he became the "father of oral contraceptives".
Carl Gerrasi was born in 1923 in Vienna, Austria, to Jewish parents. His mother was a dentist and his father was a dermatologist. When Geracie was 16 years old, her parents divorced and came to the United States with her mother.
While studying at the University of Wisconsin, he fell in love with Amis, an art student, but Amis had a boyfriend at the time, and Gerassie transformed this love into silent love. That day, he went to see amis in his dormitory, only to see Amis lying on the bed, with a haggard face. When I asked, I learned that Amis's boyfriend abandoned her, and she was pregnant with her boyfriend's child, so she had to beat it up.
Seeing that Amis was weak due to a miscarriage, Gerassie was very distressed and often came to comfort and take care of her. His heart-warming moves impress Amis, and the two soon fall in love. However, when the love is strong, Amis always rejects Jessica's deep love, which makes Gerassy a little uncomfortable.
Amis told him that because of the last miscarriage, she had a shadow in her heart, and she was afraid of being hurt by the pregnancy again. Gerassie had to take care of his girlfriend's emotions. Seeing her boyfriend's helplessness, Amis felt guilty, but he couldn't get over the fear in his heart, so he quipped: "Unless you can develop drugs that allow me to control my pregnancy." ”
Amis's words reminded Gerassie, a chemistry student, that he felt that he could try, and if he succeeded, he and Amis would not have to be separated by this, and perhaps they would love each other more. So Gerassie began working in the lab to focus on drugs that would allow her girlfriend to avoid pregnancy.
Because Oferic's dedication to the development of "contraceptives", the time spent with Amis was greatly reduced, which caused Amis to misunderstand, she believed that she did not satisfy Gerassie's desires, and deliberately used the excuse to snub her.
But the development has never worked, Gerassy does not want to expose in advance, in order to calm his girlfriend's emotions, he explained: "I will give you a surprise, please wait patiently." But two years passed, Gerassie did not live up to the surprise promised to Amis, and the two became increasingly estranged, and finally, Amis quietly left him.
After losing Amis, Gerassie fell into a breakdown, and he had no intention of developing any more "contraceptives". Just when Gerassie wanted to stop the experiment, he was approached by two scientists, Louise from Mexico and George from Hungary, who believed that Gerassy's experiment, although unsuccessful, had already made breakthroughs in some aspects. They encouraged Gerassie that science should not be just for a woman, but for the betterment of human life.
These encouragements cheered Up Gerassie, and in 1951, a team of researchers led by Carl Gerasi synthesized the "norethindrone," a key ingredient in the earliest contraceptive pill. In 1954, the world's first steroid oral contraceptive was successfully developed by Carl Gerasi, and he became the "father of artificial oral contraceptives".
In the face of success, honor and applause, Carl Gerassy was a little lost, and at this time, he wanted Amis to stand with him and share this joy. But his Amis was married, and he married a woman who had admired him for a long time.
Despite this, Gerassie still can't let go of the love for Amis. I heard that Amis was married to a wealthy businessman, who also founded a biopharmaceutical company and personally served as the company's executive president, so that he was as rich as Amis's husband.
Gerassie remembers that Amis loves art and is willing to collect art, and Gerassie is also keen on art collection. What is even more deliberate is that he also let his daughter study art, just to find the figure of her former lover from her. However, Gerassie's wife did not have such a good life, and unfortunately died of uterine cancer. Their daughter also died of depression at the age of 18.
It was then that Gerassie realized that she had given too little love to her wife and daughter. In order to completely forget Amis, and to commemorate her daughter, Gerasi sold her collection and designed an art estate in her daughter's name, mainly to provide a workplace and residence for artists like her daughter.
Just as Gerassie gradually forgot About Amis, a miracle happened when Gerassie, who had been hired as a professor of chemistry at Stanford University in 1959, met Amis on campus, who had just been hired as a professor of literature at the university. When Gerassie learns that Amis's husband has died, a spark of love is lit again.
Amis is very touched to learn what Gerassy has done for himself, accepts his love, and the two fall in love again. Four years later, Gerassie proposed to Amis, who said to Gerassy, "I need time to think about it." ”
A week later, Amis proposed a breakup to Gerassie and subsequently resigned from Stanford university because she was in love with an East Coast writer. This succession of blows drove Gerassie crazy, he did not understand, all he did for this woman, but not as good as a writer, is a writer more attractive than a chemist?
To prove she could do anything, Gerassie began writing. A year later, Gerassie completed her first novel. He then sent a manuscript of the novel to Amis. Amis received the manuscript and did not reply.
In order to get Amis to change her mind, Gerassie continues to write, and he wants to conquer her with his own writing. Seeing that Gerassie was so persistent, the friend told the truth about Amis's departure. It turned out that Amis learned that she had cancer during the physical examination, and in order not to involve Gerassie, she lied that she was empathetic and rejected Gerassie's marriage proposal.
After Gerassie learned the truth, she took Amis back, amis did not reject him this time, they were married, and the half-life relationship that went around finally had a happy ending. In 2002, Amis died of illness at the age of 77, and Gerassy stayed with her.
In 2015, Gerassie died at home from complications from cancer at the age of 91. For Gerasi, who doesn't want to be a professor who doesn't want to be a chemist, can cross borders like this is the curse of love. From his legendary story, it can be seen that for the sake of the person he loves, as long as he wants to get it, there is nothing that cannot be done.
