The Most Secret Quintessence of Life: Sex, Glands, and Hormones, 1850-1950 - Chandak Sengoopta - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226748634 - May 1, 2006
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The Most Secret Quintessence of Life: Sex, Glands, and Hormones, 1850-1950

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Through a series of case studies drawn from Central Europe, the United States, and Britain, this book explores how the notion of sex hormones enabled scientists to remap the human body, encouraging hopes that glandular interventions could cure ills, malfunctions, and even social deviance in ways inconceivable to previous generations.


360 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released May 1, 2006
ISBN13 9780226748634
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 360
Dimensions 162 × 236 × 30 mm   ·   710 g
Language English  

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