biography
pronunciation:
[voronof]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1866–1951)
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| biography:
| Physiologist, born in Voronezh, W Russia. He studied in Paris, and became director of experimental surgery at the Collège de France. He specialized in grafting animal glands into the human body, experimented with testicle transplants as a means to rejuvenation, and wrote on his theory connecting gland secretions with senility. |
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