Modern Rejuvenation Methods
This is a REPRINT of an exceedingly difficult book to find.
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Note: This book is a reproduction of the historical text for academic, historical, or collector purposes.
Originally published in 1926; printed in 2026.
6" x 9" / 237 pages
Book description
Published in 1926, Charles Evans Morris's Modern Rejuvenation Methods offers a remarkable window into the early twentieth-century search for the scientific “fountain of youth.”
Drawing upon the era's rapidly developing knowledge of endocrinology, Morris explores the thyroid, pituitary, adrenal and sex glands and the controversial theory that manipulating their activity could restore vitality and retard the effects of aging.
The book surveys glandular preparations, surgical rejuvenation experiments, hormone theories, radioactivity, radium-water treatments, and Radithor—a radioactive patent medicine once promoted as a restorative tonic. A
lthough many of its medical claims have long since been discredited, Modern Rejuvenation Methods remains a fascinating primary source on the history of endocrinology, anti-aging medicine, radioactive therapeutics, and the extraordinary medical experimentation of the 1920s.
