METHUSELAH ARCHIVE SOURCES / VORONOFF-REJUVENATION-BY-GRAFTING-1925

Rejuvenation by Grafting

book · 1925
type:book
year:1925
citation:Voronoff, Serge. *Rejuvenation by Grafting*. Translated from the French and edited by Fred F. Imianitoff. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1925. 221 pp., 38 illustrations.
SUMMARY
Voronoff's English-language case-and-method monograph and the principal English-language reference for his rejuvenation protocol. Presents case descriptions, theoretical justification, and selected illustrations; contains no controlled outcome data, statistical methodology, or independent verification. The standard primary reference for Voronoff's own framing of the practice during its peak. Allen & Unwin 1925 is the canonical English first edition.
NOTES

The book provided English-speaking medical and lay audiences with Voronoff’s exposition of his procedure at the height of its commercial success. The book is a marketing and clinical-narrative document rather than a scientific report. As a record of how Voronoff presented his own work, it is indispensable; as evidence of efficacy, it is uncontrolled, selection-biased, and constructed for promotional purposes.