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J. William White

Surgeon, Philadelphia probable

Dates: No dates given in the film's sources
Chapters: IX. The Gland That Stands Before

What the film says

Proposed castration for the enlarged prostate in 1893, reasoning from the shrinkage of fibroids after removal of the ovaries, and reported 111 castrated men by 1895. Right about the biology; the operation was soon abandoned.

Watch 49:24 in the film IX. The Gland That Stands Before

On the timeline

1893: J. William White, addressing the American Surgical Association, proposes castration for the enlarged prostate. probable timeline
1895: White reports 111 castrations for prostatic enlargement: rapid shrinkage in 87%, mortality 18%. probable timeline

Sources

Sources

Nicholson et al. 2022, Am J Clin Exp Urol (castration and the prostate, a history) Secondary
Didusch Museum: Benign prostatic hyperplasia Museum or society