From Castration to Cure: How Scientists Discovered Hormones With Brutal Experimentation | Spark
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Hormones shape each and every one of us, affecting almost every aspect of our lives
This is the voice of a grown man over six foot tall made in 1902
The story of the first scintillating discovery which resulted in a successful treatment in endocrinology
Hormones are a crucial part of our biology and to understand them is to better understand ourselves
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Hormones shape each and every one of us, affecting almost every aspect of our lives - our height, our weight, our appetites, how we grow and reproduce, and even how we behave and feel. This documentary tells the wonderful and often weird story of how hormones were discovered. Presenter John Wass, one the country's leading experts on hormones, relates some amazing stories - how as recently as the 19th century boys were castrated to keep their pure soprano voice, how juices were extracted from testicles in the hope they would rejuvenate old men and how true medical heroes like Frederick Banting discovered a way to make insulin, thus saving the lives of countless diabetes sufferers. And hormones remain at the cutting edge of medicine as we try and deal with modern scourges like obesity. Content Provided By TVF International. Any Queries Please Contact Us at hello@littledotstudios.com Subscribe to Spark for more amazing science, tech and engineering videos - https://goo.gl/LIrlur Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SparkDocs/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spark_channel/?hl=undefined #John Wass #Hormones #biology #evolution #genetics #science #technology #education #puberty #originoflife #documentary