Authors
Strakhov M.A.
Tver State Medical University, Tver
Abstract
The article is devoted to the history of the emergence of a surgical approach to the rejuvenation of living organisms in experimental and clinical medical practice. The pioneers of this field are the outstanding European experimenters, the Austrian professorphysiologist Eugen Steinach (18611944) and the French surgeon of Russian origin, Professor Samuel (Sergey) Abramovich Voronoff (18661951). The article provides a detailed analysis of the unique surgical interventions performed on laboratory animals and living humans in the early 20th century, which were the first attempts at surgical rejuvenation of animal organisms in the history of medicine.
Keywords: Steinach, Voronoff, rejuvenation, transplantation, endocrinology, endocrine surgery, hormones, pubertal gland, testicle, monkey.
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