From Castration to Cure: How Scientists Discovered Hormones With Brutal Experimentation

Hormones shape each and every one of us, affecting almost every aspect of our lives - our height, our weight, our appetites, how we grow and reproduce, and even how we behave and feel. This documentary tells the wonderful and often weird story of how hormones were discovered. Presenter John Wass,...

57 min - Health & the Body - Spark

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