Injection, ligation and transplantation: the search for the glandular fountain of youth
secondary literature · 2007
SUMMARY
Peer-reviewed urology review of the late-19th and early-20th-century glandular-rejuvenation interventions (organ-extract injection, vaso-ligation, and gland transplantation), the family to which Brinkley's goat-gland operation belongs. Cited here to ground the consensus that these glandular-rejuvenation procedures showed no demonstrated endocrine efficacy under controlled assessment and rested on uncontrolled testimony. PMID and DOI confirmed on PubMed and Crossref.
NOTES
A modern urological review of the glandular fountain-of-youth era. It places Brinkley’s goat-gland transplantation within the broader category of injection, ligation, and transplantation rejuvenation procedures and supports the conclusion that none demonstrated endocrine efficacy under controlled assessment.