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The Most Secret Quintessence of Life
Chandak Sengoopta
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Description for The Most Secret Quintessence of Life
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Less than a century ago, physicians, scientists, and cultural commentators became fascinated by the endocrine glands and the effects of their secretions on our bodies and minds. Of all the characteristics supposed to be governed by them, the attributes of sex evoked the wildest interest. The gonads, it was revealed, secreted chemicals that not only influenced the biological expressions of sex, but seemed to generate the vitality and energy that made life worth living. Through a series of case studies drawn from Central Europe, the United States, and Britain, "The Most Secret Quintessence of Life" explores how the notion of ... Read more
Less than a century ago, physicians, scientists, and cultural commentators became fascinated by the endocrine glands and the effects of their secretions on our bodies and minds. Of all the characteristics supposed to be governed by them, the attributes of sex evoked the wildest interest. The gonads, it was revealed, secreted chemicals that not only influenced the biological expressions of sex, but seemed to generate the vitality and energy that made life worth living. Through a series of case studies drawn from Central Europe, the United States, and Britain, "The Most Secret Quintessence of Life" explores how the notion of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226748634
SKU
V9780226748634
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99-1
About Chandak Sengoopta
Chandak Sengoopta is a senior lecturer in the history of medicine and science at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of two previous books, including Otto Weininger: Sex, Science, and Self in Imperial Vienna, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for The Most Secret Quintessence of Life
"The Most Secret Quintessence of Life is an original work filled with rich, new research, relying on important primary literature which has not, until now, been plumbed and digested. In this book, Chandak Sengoopta offers both a history of hormone discovery and a chronicle of how this discovery transformed our concepts of the body and how our existing concepts of ... Read more