Serge Voronoff
Corrected spelling of Marx Brothers film title
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"[[The Adventure of the Creeping Man]]" is a [[Sherlock Holmes]] short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in March 1923 but set in 1903. In the story, an elderly professor is found to be regularly injecting himself with a substance called "extract of [[Colobinae|langur]]" for the purpose of rejuvenation. This has unexpected consequences for him. |
"[[The Adventure of the Creeping Man]]" is a [[Sherlock Holmes]] short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in March 1923 but set in 1903. In the story, an elderly professor is found to be regularly injecting himself with a substance called "extract of [[Colobinae|langur]]" for the purpose of rejuvenation. This has unexpected consequences for him. |
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The song "Monkey-Doodle-Doo", written by Irving Berlin and featured in the [[Marx Brothers]] film ''[[The |
The song "Monkey-Doodle-Doo", written by Irving Berlin and featured in the [[Marx Brothers]] film ''[[The Cocoanuts]]'', contains the line: "If you're too old for dancing/Get yourself a monkey gland". Strange-looking ashtrays depicting monkeys protecting their private parts, with the phrase (translated from French) "No, Voronoff, you won't get me!" painted on them began showing up in Parisian homes.Nugent, Karen. (April 9, 2000) [[Telegram & Gazette]] ''"Xeno-grafting" explored \ Clinton doctor writes the book.'' Section: Local news; Page B1. At about this same time, a new cocktail containing gin, orange juice, grenadine and absinthe was named [[Monkey Gland|The Monkey Gland]].Hirst, Christopher. (October 8, 2005) [[The Independent]] ''101 cocktails that shook the world #37: The Monkey Gland.'' Section: Features; Page 57. |
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Voronoff was the prototype for Professor Preobrazhensky in [[Mikhail Bulgakov]]'s novel ''[[Heart of a Dog]]'', published in 1925.[http://life.orthomed.ru/zhizn/etika/00003.htm Tatiana Bateneva. ''In the quest for longevity humans are ready to become relatives with any animals''] {{in lang|ru}} In the novel, Preobrazhensky implants human testicles and [[pituitary gland]] into a stray dog named Sharik. Sharik then proceeds to become more and more human as time passes, picks himself the name Polygraph Polygraphovich Sharikov, makes himself a career with the "department of the clearing of the city from cats and other vile animals", and turns the life in the professor's house into a nightmare until the professor reverses the procedure. |
Voronoff was the prototype for Professor Preobrazhensky in [[Mikhail Bulgakov]]'s novel ''[[Heart of a Dog]]'', published in 1925.[http://life.orthomed.ru/zhizn/etika/00003.htm Tatiana Bateneva. ''In the quest for longevity humans are ready to become relatives with any animals''] {{in lang|ru}} In the novel, Preobrazhensky implants human testicles and [[pituitary gland]] into a stray dog named Sharik. Sharik then proceeds to become more and more human as time passes, picks himself the name Polygraph Polygraphovich Sharikov, makes himself a career with the "department of the clearing of the city from cats and other vile animals", and turns the life in the professor's house into a nightmare until the professor reverses the procedure. |
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