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The book is a symposium, by distinguished workers, on the various aspects of the subject. Part I, Section (a), by L. R. Broster, is devoted to the clinical study of the adreno-genital syndrome, described as 'the appearance of male secondary sex characters in the female, accompanied by a retrogression in the female secondary sex characters and sex function.' Its main symptoms are hypertrichosis and masculine distribution of hair, changes in bodily contours (tendency towards masculine forms), and changes in the female genitalia (diminution of size of external genitals, enlargement of clitoris, ovarian and uterine atrophy). There are several clinical types.
It was found that patients suffering from this syndrome present enlarged adrenal glands. Consequently, unilateral adrenalectomy has been performed in cases which did not respond to organotherapy. Thirty-three cases submitted to this operation are studied. Improvement is shown, in the form of a tendency towards disappearance of the acquired male characters and a return to feminine form and functions.
Section (b) of Part I, by Clifford Allen, is devoted to a psychological study of sexuality. It deals with the changes observed in the sexual