Assertion: anabolic steroid's effect | /r/HasProperty | led to the synthesis of testosterone
Facets:
value: in 1935.2
type: TEMPORAL
value: during world war ii
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In June of 1889, Charles Édouard Brown-Séquard, a 72-year-old physiology professor, announced at the Société de Biologie that he had injected himself with extracts of dog and guinea pig testicles, resulting in an increase in his physical strength and health; further research into these purported effects led to the synthesis of testosterone in 1935.2 During World War II, German scientists began to synthesize other anabolic steroids, experimenting with human prisoners, as well as with German troops, whose aggressive tendencies they hoped to increase.3