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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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The meanings of hurt
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.
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The metamorphosis of masturbation
Throughout history, medics and campaigners have tried to stamp out masturbation – but is modern science transforming its reputation?
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Shakespeare and the four humours
Blood. Phlegm. Black bile. Yellow bile. The theory of the four humours informed many of Shakespeare's best-known characters, including the phlegmatic Falstaff.
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Castration resistant prostate cancer, human tissue
Mateus Crespo, The Institute of Cancer Research- Books
Castration : an abbreviated history of western manhood / Gary Taylor.
Taylor, Gary, 1953-Date: 2000- Books
Castration judicaire en 1726 à Tripoli (de Syrie) / Pierre Huard.
Huard, Pierre, 1901-1983.Date: 1967
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Castration : including cryptorchids and caponing, and ovariotomy / [Frederick T.G. Hobday].
Hobday, Frederick T. G. (Frederick Thomas George), Sir, 1870-1939.Date: 1914- Books
Castration and the heavenly kingdom : a Russian folktale / Laura Engelstein.
Engelstein, Laura.Date: 1999