Eugen Steinach
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Eugen Steinach (January 28, 1861 - May 14, 1944) was a leading Austrian physiologist and pioneer in endocrinology.
[edit] Biography
He was born on January 28, 1861 in Austria.[1]
By 1912 he had conducted experiments in the transplantation of a male guinea pig's testes into a female and the castration of the male. The testes secretion, now known as testosterone, resulted in the female guinea pig developing male sexual behavior such as mounting the partner. This led Steinach to theorize that the gland's secretions were responsible for sexuality.[2]
He developed the "Steinach operation," or "Steinach vasoligature," as a way to increase male sexual potency.[3]
He died on May 14, 1944 in Austria.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Dr. Steinach, 81 Today, Works On New Serum. Hormone Expert's Studies Said to Relate to Bone Structure". New York Times. January 28, 1942. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00B15FC3C58167B93CAAB178AD85F468485F9. Retrieved 2010-08-02. "Dr. Eugen Steinach, celebrated Austrian physician and discoverer of the function of the hormone in the 'reactivization' of the human body, will celebrate his eighty-first birthday here tomorrow 'still feeling spiritually many years less than my mathematical age.'"
- ^ Vern L. Bullough (1995). "Adding to the public's imagination were the experiments of Eugen Steinach (1861-1944), who by 1912 had experimentally masculinized the mating behavior of female guinea pigs and feminized the mating behavior of males by castrating them ..."
- ^ "Medicine: What Am I Doing?". Time magazine. February 12, 1940. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,883971,00.html. Retrieved 2010-08-02. "Hence he conceived the idea of stimulating hormone flow by damming up the "antagonistic" seminal canals. This he did by ligating (tying off) and severing the main duct of the canals, known as the vas deferens. This "Steinach vasoligature" is a simple operation, takes only 20 minutes."
- ^ "Dr. Eugen Steinach". New York Times. May 16, 1944. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0813FF3C59157A93C4A8178ED85F408485F9. Retrieved 2010-08-02. "Among those who made his contribution to our knowledge of their function was Dr. Eugen Steinach, who died on Sunday. an exile from his native Austria. ..."
