Stories
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Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
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The castration effect
Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.
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Buttocks from a case of symmetrical gangrene
Godart, Thomas- Digital Images
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Buttocks of a woman suffering from mycosis fungoides of the skin
Mark, Leonard Portal- Pictures
Muscles of right thigh (left); Buttocks and thighs right lateral view (left centre); Buttocks and thighs: right lateral view (right centre). Buttocks and thighs: left lateral view (right). Red-chalk drawing, 17th century.
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A "Hottentot" woman with prominent buttocks. Watercolour painting.
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A standing woman, full-length side view, with enlargement of the buttocks (steatopygia). Photograph.
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