Book contents
- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Section 1 Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Public Health Aspects and Prevention in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Section 2 Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Section 2A Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare: Contraception
- Section 2B Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare: Termination of Pregnancy
- Section 2C Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare: Infertility
- Chapter 41 Infertility
- Chapter 42 Hormones and Female Sexuality
- Section 2D Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Section 3 Sexual Healthcare
- Section 4 Sexual and Reproductive Health Indicators and Policies
- Index
- References
Chapter 42 - Hormones and Female Sexuality
from Section 2C - Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare: Infertility
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2024
- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Section 1 Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Public Health Aspects and Prevention in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Section 2 Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Section 2A Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare: Contraception
- Section 2B Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare: Termination of Pregnancy
- Section 2C Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare: Infertility
- Chapter 41 Infertility
- Chapter 42 Hormones and Female Sexuality
- Section 2D Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Section 3 Sexual Healthcare
- Section 4 Sexual and Reproductive Health Indicators and Policies
- Index
- References
Summary
It has been known since the time of Aristotle that the ovaries are involved not only in reproduction but also in regulating female sexual behavior. In the late nineteenth century French physician Roberts reported that Indian women who suffered ovariectomy before puberty had no menstruation or sex drive. Subsequently Knauer restored estrous cyclicity and sexual behavior in ovariectomized dogs, rabbits, and guinea pigs by grafting ovaries into their abdominal cavity, and Brown-Séquard claimed multiple injections of rodent ovarian extracts could re-feminize ovariectomized women.
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- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health , pp. 256 - 266Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024