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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Self: A study in ethics and endocrinology.

London: William Heinemann, 1946.

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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Entry Number#13085
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/15337
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLself-a-study-in-ethics-and-endocrinology

Geographic Context

Publication place: London