The most secret quintessence of life : sex, glands, and hormones, 1850-1950 / Chandak Sengoopta.
By: Sengoopta, Chandak.
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BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006Description: xii, 354 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0226748634 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780226748634.Subject(s): Hormones, Sex -- Research -- History -- 19th century | Hormones, Sex -- Research -- History -- 20th century | Hormones, Sex -- Physiological effect | Reproduction -- Endocrine aspects | Aging -- Endocrine aspects | Gonads -- Physiology | Sex (Biology) | Gonadal Hormones -- history | Gonads -- physiology | Aging -- physiology | Endocrinology -- history | History, 19th Century | History, 20th Century | SexDDC classification: 612.6 Sen/Mos Online resources: Table of contents | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
Contents:
The gonads before the endocrine era -- The age of the internal secretions -- Sexuality, aging, and the gonads: new physiology and old values -- Ending gonadal hegemony: sex and the endocrine orchestra -- The new hormones in the clinic -- Epilogue: the gonads, the brain, and the neurohumoral body.
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Asiatic Society of Mumbai | 612.6 Sen/Mos (Browse shelf) | Available | 195232 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-329).
The gonads before the endocrine era -- The age of the internal secretions -- Sexuality, aging, and the gonads: new physiology and old values -- Ending gonadal hegemony: sex and the endocrine orchestra -- The new hormones in the clinic -- Epilogue: the gonads, the brain, and the neurohumoral body.
