Testosterone Dreams

Description

"Testosterone has inspired dreams - of restored youth, recharged sexual appetites, faster running, quicker thinking, bigger muscles - since it was first synthesized in 1935. This book investigates the complex, bizarre, and sometimes outrageous history of synthetic testosterone and other male hormone therapies. Exploring many little-known social arenas - both inside and outside the medical world - in which these substances are becoming increasingly available and accepted. Testosterone Dreams examines the implications and dangers of their use in professional sports, in the workplace, in our sex lives, and beyond."--Jacket.

First Sentence

As the sun rises over the Palm Springs Life Extension Institute, situated amid the palm trees in the desert a hundred miles east of Los Angeles, a bare-chested patient named Bob Jones is already ascending into the foothills of the Little San Bernardino Mountains.

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Other Editions

• Testosterone Dreams: Rejuvenation, Aphrodisia, DopingHardcoverUniversity of California Press2005-02-21
• Testosterone DreamsUniversity of California Press2005-01-01
• Testosterone DreamsUniversity of California Press2005-01-01
• Testosterone DreamsPaperbackUniversity of California Press2006-03-06