The Birth of Testosterone

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Professor Alan Rogol

 

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Why Testicular Function Fascinated Humans

 

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Observation Before Science

 

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The Concept of Internal secretion

 

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Berthold's Roosters (1849)

 

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The Rejuvenation Detour

 

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Two Functions, Not One

 

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Testosterone Changes Everything

 

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Why History Still Matters

 

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Thread 'The Right Chemistry: The discovery of testosterone'

Jan 25, 2021

The Right Chemistry: The discovery of testosterone

Video of Dr. Joe Schwarcz: The discovery of testosterone

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Testosterone's discovery led to its therapeutic use, but because testosterone also builds muscle, it has been used and abused by athletes.

In 1927 the Chicago stockyards were happy to strike a deal with University of Chicago chemistry professor Fred Koch to take bovine testicles off their hands. After all, “prairie oysters” had no great market value.

Koch’s intent was to study substances the testes released into the bloodstream that produced effects elsewhere in the body...

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Thread 'The History of Testosterone and the Evolution of its Therapeutic Potential'

Mar 28, 2021

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Testosterone therapy has been controversial since its synthesis from the 1930s to the present day. Testosterone’s history provides depth and context for current controversies.

Aim: To review the history of testosterone therapy from its initial synthesis in the 1930s to the modern-day.

Methods: Expert review of the literature.

Main Outcome Measures: Impactful events in the history of testosterone.

Results: By the 1940s there was already fascinating literature that described the many symptomatic benefits of testosterone...

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Thread 'History of testosterone therapy'

Feb 18, 2022

History of testosterone therapy through the ages (2022)
Mary Rostom, Ranjith Ramasamy, and Taylor P. Kohn


The symptoms of testosterone deficiency have been known throughout history with evidence dating back to the twenty-first century BCE when men were castrated to be docile and obedient servants. Experimentation ingesting mammalian testicles began during the reign of the Roman empire and continued through the nineteenth century with claims that the substance found within these testicles could improve energy, erectile function, and urination. In the twentieth century, studies...

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