Transforming the Testicle: Science, Medicine and Masculinity, 1800-1950.
Authors
Chandak Sengoopta
Welcome Unit for the History of Medicine
The University of Manchester
Keywords:
Testicle , History of Medicine, XIX century, XX century
Abstract
The article explores episodes the history of the discovery of function and actions of testicle - focusing first on their transformation from a quasi - mystical organ of virility to chemical factory secreting substances essential to physical and psychological attributes of masculinity; then showing how the powers of the testicular secretions were soon seen to extend for beyond the narrowly sexual sphere.
