Word: menformon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...complete railway trains out of aluminum alloyed with lithium, which weighs one-fifth as much as aluminum and adds tensile strength; in Amsterdam, the isolation and administration of a specific hormone (ductless gland secretion) responsible for the physiology of female animals, by Professor Edward Laqueur, who called his find "menformon." The effect upon female laboratory animals: restored typical mating reactions in spayed (sterilized) specimens; enlarged organs; sped up physiological reactions. Administered to males, it did not affect physiological reactions but shrank organs, this effect continuing for months after injections were stopped. Significance: a potential potency elixir...
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