Comfort, Alex

The concept of human chemical communication is not new. The pioneering works of Havelock Ellis [234] appeared in 1914. Among others, Irving Bieber [235], Alex Comfort [236], John Money [237], and Lewis Thomas [238, 239] have either examined or have commented on aspects of human chemical communication and its likely effects. 

In a critical review of the myth of masturbation, Alex Comfort notes the popularity of drastic surgicaljxeatments of masturbation in the period between approximately 850 andjgoo, and has this to say about them ... 

The Anxiety Makers by Alex Comfort. Copyright 1967 by Books and Broadcasts Ltd., Used by permission of the publishers, Delacorte Press, New York, and Thomas Nelson Sons Ltd., London. 

Most clinical studies have focused on the anxiolytic potential of this plant. Only one report describes anti-ageing effects (as measured on the Alex Comfort Scale) of Withania somnifera in healthy, aged, male volunteers. This effect has, however, not been linked to immunomodulating effects [8]. 

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