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MOORE, Carl Richard (1892 – 1955)

1892 – 1955

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

1924 CE

#14195

The scrotum as a temperature regulator for the testes.

Moore and Quick established that the scrotal sac, and its ability to expand or contract, helps to regulate the temperature of the testes. Through this mechanism it enables sperm production and supports the viability o…

1929 CE

#1191

The effects of extracts of testis in correcting the castrated condition in the fowl and in the mammal.

C. R. Moore, T. F. Gallagher, and F. C. Koch were the first to obtain a potent testicular extract containing the male sex hormone, androsterone, later obtained in crystalline form by Butenandt. They also gave a detail…