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Word: abarbanel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pregnenolone was discussed with great interest: its ability to help sterile males. Montreal's Dr. Hans Selye, a leading hormone expert, reported that it increases the sperm production of the testes. Dr. Selye worked mostly with experimental animals, but Dr. A. R. Abarbanel of Los Angeles experimented with human males. Of 40 sterile men that he treated with pregnenolone, Abarbanel claimed, 18 were enabled to impregnate their wives. Many of the men reported increased sexual desire-which may or may not have been imagination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Key of Life | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

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