Word: sexologist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this high acceleration of heartbeat; emotion does the rest. ¶ The breathing rate, normally 15 to 18 a minute, triples. As a result of this over-breathing, the body loses carbon dioxide too rapidly. This may explain the occasional rigidity of the arm and leg muscles -previously noted by Sexologist Alfred Kinsey (TIME, Aug. 24, 1953). ¶ The increases in heart and breathing rates up to orgasm and the gradual decline afterward are remarkably closely synchronized in the partners. ¶ Electrocardiograms show a surprisingly large number of abnormal and skipped heartbeats, especially at orgasm. These aberrations were not repeated when...
...Sexologist Kinsey amiably joined in the applause for Dr. Alexander. There are four approaches to his big subject, said Kinsey−"Statistical, biological, moral and rational"−and he had been speaking only of the biological approach. As for his controversial books: "At no point did we suggest that statistical normality is morally or socially proper. We have never said that what is common should be accepted...
Several months before his latest book was published. Sexologist Alfred C. Kinsey gave newsmen a "conditional" peek at it. One of Dr. Kinsey's conditions: all newsmen had to sign a contract binding them to submit their stories in advance to Kinsey for "factual correction." Since only those who signed could see the book, most newsmen went along with the contract. But last week Kinsey tried to convert his "condition" into a principle...
Died. Robert Latou Dickinson, 89, gynecologist and sexologist, a founder of the American College of Surgeons, president of the Euthanasia Society of America, pioneer advocate of birth control and mercy killing; in Amherst, Mass...