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The most secret quintessence of life : sex, glands, and hormones, 1850-1950 / Chandak Sengoopta.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.Description: xii, 354 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0226748634 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226748634
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.6 Sen/Mos
LOC classification:
  • QP572.S4 S46 2006
NLM classification:
  • WK 11.1
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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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Books Books Asiatic Society of Mumbai 612.6 Sen/Mos (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 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.