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Testosterone and estrogen treatments are common today, but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries the discovery of sex gland secretions led both physicians and the public to believe they had found the secret to bodily rejuvenation. This led to bizarre human experimentation involving injections of glandular fluid, ingestion of glandular tissues and the transplanting of testes and ovaries. Stranger still, the treatments supposedly worked, with both men and women reporting enhanced vitality. Only later would the truth about these placebo-induced results be brought to light. This book explores the early history and practices of "organotherapy" and how it provided important scientific insights despite its pseudoscientific nature.
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
¿1.¿Glands
¿2.¿Dr. Victor Darwin Lespinasse
¿3.¿Dr. George Frank Lydston, Jr.
¿4.¿Dr. Leo Leonidas Stanley: West Coast Offense
¿5.¿Dr. Serge Voronoff and Monkey Glands
¿6.¿Dr. Eugen Steinach and Vasectomy
¿7.¿Dr. John R. Brinkley and Goat Glands
¿8.¿Quacks
¿9.¿Placebo Effect
10.¿Estrogen
11.¿Testosterone
12.¿The Fountain of Youth
13.¿Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
Appendices:
deleteA.¿Daily Schedule of Station KFKB, Milford, Kansas
deleteB.¿Stenographic Notes of a Talk by Dr. John R. Brinkley-November 8, 1933
deleteC.¿Stenographic Notes of a Talk by Dr. John R. Brinkley-November 9, 1933
deleteD.¿The Consulate in Piedras Negras Reporting on Brinlkey
deleteE.¿Brinkley's Accumulation of Wealth
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
John B. Nanninga, M.D., is a retired urologist who lives in Winnetka, Illinois.
