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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 12541290 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This article examines the Steinach rejuvenation operation (a vasectomy) which Norman Haire performed on W. B. Yeats in 1934: while this method is now discredited, many others are still used in similar attempts to "cure" old age and restore youthful vitality. The article deals substantially with ideas which were popular among well-read people and intellectuals in the 1920s and 1930s and discusses whether the poet's late-in-life burst of creativity was caused by a medical breakthrough, Haire's more general medical advice, the placebo effect, or by a combination of factors: questions which still have relevance to theories about age, sexuality, and mind-body relationships. |
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Authors:
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Diana Wyndham |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article; Portraits; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences Volume: 39 ISSN: 0022-5061 ISO Abbreviation: J Hist Behav Sci Publication Date: 2003 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-01-23 Completed Date: 2003-06-04 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 18020010R Medline TA: J Hist Behav Sci Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 25-50 Citation Subset: IM; Q |
Copyright Information:
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Copyright 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
Affiliation:
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University of Sydney. |
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Aging
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psychology* Australia Famous Persons* History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Humans Love Male Northern Ireland Poetry as Topic / history* Rejuvenation / psychology* Sexual Behavior / history*, psychology Vasectomy / history |
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Personal Name Subject:
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William Butler Yeats; Norman Haire |
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