The Gland Illusion

Early Attempts at Rejuvenation through Male Hormone Therapy

John B. Nanninga (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

220 Seiten

2017
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6612-9 (ISBN)

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With the discovery of internal secretions from the sex glands, later named the hormones testosterone and estrogen, physicians and the public thought these new products would point the way to rejuvenating an aging body and providing a longer, disease-free life. But the discovery and use of these sex gland products did not progress in an orderly manner, but in a somewhat erratic, bizarre course.

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.

John B. Nanninga, M.D., is a retired urologist who lives in Winnetka, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

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

Erscheinungsdatum	03.12.2016
Zusatzinfo	12 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	308 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	1-4766-6612-1 / 1476666121
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6612-9 / 9781476666129
Zustand	Neuware