[1] He spent years conducting experiments on the effects of alcohol on germ cells, embryos and offspring.
[1] Stockard tested the effects of alcohol intoxication on the offspring of pregnant guinea pigs.
He discovered that repeated alcohol intoxication in the guinea pigs produced defects and malformations in their offspring that was passed down to two or more generations.
[4] Other controversial experiments by Stockard included producing teratology in fetuses by inducing hypoxia in the mother.
[6] Stockard was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1922 and the American Philosophical Society in 1924.