Word: laqueur
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Until recently the two known male hormones were androsterone, first obtained by Butenandt of Germany, and a much more powerful one called testosterone, isolated by Laqueur of The Netherlands. In 1934-35 both of these were synthesized by Ruzicka of Switzerland. Last week Dr. Russell E. Marker and his associates of Pennsylvania State College announced isolation and synthesis of a third male hormone, secreted in the bodies of women...
Natural testosterone, long anticipated, was discovered in human testicles only last June by Dr. E. Laqueur of Amsterdam. Producing the imitation so soon afterward made Dr. Ruzicka glow with professional pride...
...Danzig discovered in the urine of men (and some women) the hormone which establishes masculinity in men (and some women). That male sex hormone was named androsterone. Last year Professor Ruzicka manufactured androsterone from cholesterol collected from the grease of sheep's wool. Last June Dr. E. Laqueur of Amsterdam discovered still another, more potent male sex hormone. Professor Ruzicka now expects to make the Laqueur sex hormone artificially "within a few weeks...