The history of the prostate, part one: say what you see

2019/01/01 by Jonathan Charles Goddard · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · #Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis #Prostate gland #Prostate #Sexual function #Function (biology) #Medicine #Biology #Internal medicine

paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/tre.676

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Abstract

‘Glands which pour a humor into the urinary passages of the male to excite the sexual act’ is one very early description of the prostate gland. In this article Jonathan Goddard describes the early history of the prostate gland as our understanding of its structure and function developed over time.

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