Word: diethylstilbestrol
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lorenz had begun by wondering why a hen grows fat when it starts laying eggs. He proved it was because the female sex hormone, estrogen, increases the amount of fat in the blood. Lorenz then hit on the idea of giving estrogen (available in a cheap, synthetic form called diethylstilbestrol) to fatten up male fowl...
...from virgin goats. Ordinarily goats do not give milk until they have kidded. But kidding involves energy-consuming gestatory processes which slow milk production and may be undesirable in wartime. Dr. Folley causes virgin goats to develop udders and commence giving milk by treating them with the synthetic hormones diethylstilbestrol and hexestrol. By similar synthetic-hormone magic the quality of milk given by a cow can be controlled to some extent...