General biological introduction. Cytological and genetic basis of sex. The embryonic development of sex. Modification of the development of sex in lower vertebrates and in mammals. Modification in sex and secondary sexual characters in birds. Relation of genic and endocrine factors in sex. The biology of the testes. The endocrine functions of the ovaries. Ovulation, fertilization and the transport and viability of eggs and spermatozoa. Some problems of endocrine function in pregnancy. The mammary glands. The biochemistry of Androgens. Biochemistry of the estrogenic compounds. The bioassay of Androgens and Estrogens. The biochemistry of the Corpus Luteum Hormone, Progestorone. The effect on the gonads of the ablation and implantation of hypophysis and the potency of the hypophysis under varios condition. The follicle stimulating and luteinizing hormones of the anterior pituitary. Gonadotropic substances of blood, urine and other body fluids. Anterior hypophyseal cytology in relation to the reproductive hormones. The preparation, Assay and Actions of Lactrogenic Hormone. The relation of the thymus and pineal glands to genital funtion. Relation of the vitamins to the sex glands. Sex drive. Sex funtions in man

Allen, Edgar. (1942). Sex and internal secretions (2a.ed. ed.). The Williams and Wilkins.