The menstrual cycle and its disorders. Theoretical explanations etc of it

Superstitions connected with it. Toxicity of menstrual blood etc. Hygiene regarding it. Male and female sex cycles. Female and male sex hormones and ovarian hormones. Oestrogenous origin of fibromyomata of uterus etc. Oestrus-producing hormones {Artificial sex hormones. Tumorigenous and carcinogenous effect of excessive oestrogens. 'Gonadotrophic' hormones for males as well as females--'luteotrophic hormone'. Ascheim-Zondeck and other tests. Intersexuality problems--experimental work etc. 'Pseudo-pregnancy' problems--'pseudocyesis'. Re amenorrhoea and climacteric disorders. 'Psychical sexuality' in relation to 'physical sexuality' in supposed 'hermaphrodites' and 'pseudohermaphrodites'. Sexual feelings after oophorectomy etc. Knaus's periodic fertility and sterility--'natural birth-control'. 'Pre-menstrual tension'. Recurrent miscarriage. Morphological and functional homologies of the male and female reproductive organs. Female and male 'climacteric disturbances'

1926-1947

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