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  • Ram's testicles: cylindrical and flabby
  • Ram: hypoplasia of both testicles
  • Ram: hypoplasia of both testicles
  • Ram's testicles: elongated, hypoplasia, etc
  • Ram's testicles: uneven size and shape
  • Ram: hypoplasia and enlargement of testicles
  • A ram: evenly matched ovate testicles
  • A beaver hiding from hunters and biting off its own testicles to leave them as their catch. Etching by W.S. Howitt.
  • A section of leg with a swelling on the shin below the knee; and male genitalia with a lump on the testicles. Chromolithograph, c. 1888.
  • A section of leg with a swelling on the shin below the knee; and male genitalia with a lump on the testicles. Chromolithograph, c. 1888.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with roots resembling a dog's testicles, and (below) a dog's genitals. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • [Leaflet advertising appearances by the 6 month old John Baptist Dos Santos, born with 3 legs, 2 penises and 4 testicles in Portugal 1843 on display at no.56, Quadrant, Regent Street, London].
  • Medullary tumour of the testicle
  • Measuring the testicle size of rams
  • Ram's testicle: no tail of epididymis
  • Measuring the testicle size of rams
  • Measuring the testicle size of rams
  • A ram: elongated cylindrical right testicle
  • Ram's testicle: no tail of the epididymis
  • A ram with orchitis in left testicle
  • The male genito-urinary system and the testicle of a dog (figures 4 and 6) Engraving, 1686.
  • Section of a testicle removed from a man suffering from tertiary syphilis. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1858.
  • Dactylorhiza aff fuchsii Druce ex Soo Orchidaceae Common Spotted orchid. Distribution: Ireland to Mongolia. Roots look like a hand. Coles (1657) calls them Palma Christi sive [or] Satyrion (to distinguish it from Ricinus communis which he calls Palma Christi sive Ricinus. This plant is probably his Female Satyrion and another Dactylorhiza, probably one of the English Marsh orchids, is his Male Satyrion Royal, with purple flowers. In common with Orchis he writes 'The full and plump roots of the Satyrium or Orchis, whereof the Electuary Diasatyrium is made, are of mighty efficacy to provoke to venery, which they that have bulbous roots [meaning the testicle shaped roots of Orchis] do by Signature.'. Terrestrial orchids continue, to be harvested by the millions annually in the Middle East for the production of Salep, including Salep ice cream, because of their mythological aphrodisiacal property. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Dactylorhiza foliosa (Rchb.f.)Soo Orchidaceae Distribution: Madeira. Roots look like a hand and Coles (1657) calls them Palma Christi sive [or] Satyrion (to distinguish it from Ricinus communis which he calls Palma Christi sive Ricinus. This plant would be the closest to his Male Satyrion Royal, with purple flowers (but this is likely to be one of the English Marsh orchids,, and Dactylorhiza fuchsii is his Female Satyrion. In common with Orchis he writes 'The full and plump roots of the Satyrium or Orchis, whereof the Electuary Diasatyrium is made, are of mighty efficacy to provoke to venery, which they that have bulbous roots [meaning the testicle shaped roots of Orchis] do by Signature.'. Terrestrial orchids continue to be harvested by the millions annually in the Middle East for the production of Salep, including Salep ice cream, because of their mythological aphrodisiacal property. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ram: sinus opening on surface of scrotum
  • An orchidometer (ram's testicular weight)
  • Hydatid testis after removal from a living body
  • Testis with tumours
  • Fungoid disease of the testis
  • Seminiferous structure ofthe testis and epididymis