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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2026

Self: A study in ethics and endocrinology.

Publication Details

London: William Heinemann, 1946 CE.

An early work on transexualism. Dillon was the first trans man to undergo phalloplasty. Between 1946 and 1949 Dillon underent at least 13 surgeries performed by Harold Gillies for sex-reassignment surgery.

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Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#13085
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/15337
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLself-a-study-in-ethics-and-endocrinology

Geographic Context

Publication place: London