Message in a bottle : the making of fetal alcohol syndrome / Janet Golden.

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.

232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"We realized we were onto something" : naming FAS -- "Conceived in gin" : historical sightings of alcohol and pregnancy -- "A clinically observable abnormality" : framing FAS -- "Not quite like other children" : FAS, science, and medicine -- "According to the Surgeon General" : warning women against drinking -- "Tempest in a cocktail glass" : pregnancy policing and the media -- The Thorp case : Jim Beam on trial -- "An argument that goes back to the womb" : adoptions, courtrooms, and FAS today.

Includes bibliographical references and index.