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VORONOFF, SERGE. REJUVENATION BY GRAFTING.
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1925. 8vo, 224pp, 38 plates. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt. Barest foxing, otherwise fine, in an equally good dust wrapper, lightly browned with one chip. ¶ First Edition in English of the great Russian-born physiologist's study on testicular grafting from monkeys to man. The study is based on 52 operations, of which one was a human transplant. Voronoff reports an 88% success rate from the point of view of the patient's physical and mental state after the operation and a 65% success rate when physical, mental, and sexual considerations are accounted for. ¦ Voronoff (1866-1951) was director of the Laboratoire de Chirurgie Expérimentale at the Collège de France, 'where he experimented with the transplantation of various organs of the endocrine system. The clinical results of his testicular grafting for sexual rejuvenation caused a sensation in the early 20th-century, but soon faded because it was not successful in restoring sexual vigor. For substantial fees, he would transplant monkey testicles, the gonads of a young ape, or human glands. It is interesting to note that he died from syphilis contracted from one of his own monkey transplants' (Heirs of Hippocrates). Cf. Garrison-Morton 3797. Kiefer Catalogue of the History of Urology and Medicine 1151.
Offered for US$ 45.00 by: Dailey Rare Books - Book number: 3693.