Forum Newsfront

April, 1970

Aphrodite's PotionsWashington, D.C.--Old men suddenly lusting after nurses, a bedridden female vamping her doctor, rats and rabbits engaging in sex orgies--such incidents are leading scientists to think they are on the brink of discovering that elusive elixir, the true aphrodisiac.Two phenylalanine compounds have produced these outbreaks of venery among humans and rodents. The first, levo-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-dopa), has been used with some success in the treatment of Parkinson's disease; an...