Castrati

Post by **Tero** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:52 am

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrati

The link on the mobile version titled All you would want to...
Explains you kept the testicles, just the ducts were severed. Would they not wither away?

Post by **hadespussercats** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:57 am

I don't see what you're referencing. I thought the testicles were removed, but the scrotum left. Because yeah, the testicles would become necrotic with no blood flow.

Wikipedia isn't always accurate...

Post by **Tero** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:26 am

This
http://www.velluti.org/

Post by **hadespussercats** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:46 am

Tero wrote:This
http://www.velluti.org/

The "operation" involved drugging the boy with opium, immersing him in a warm bath until he became (hopefully) insensible; then the ducts leading to the testes were severed and that was it ... if he recovered, and many did not; no aseptic procedures in those days. This information is included in Charles D'Ancillon's "Traite des Eunuques", aka "Eunuchism Displayed" (1707) and is a contemporary account of the castration of boys.

It doesn't actually say they left the testicles-- just that there were no antiseptics used after the cut.

devogue · Post by **devogue** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:53 am

Bollocks. This is nuts.

Post by **Cormac** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:01 am

Heh heh.

As I post this bollox I'm getting a laugh out of the post button.

Post by **JimC** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:03 am

Unix would be the appropriate operating system to view this thread...

Post by **hadespussercats** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:07 am

JimC wrote:Unix would be the appropriate operating system to view this thread...

Post by **Tero** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:11 pm

But the unix didn't sing, unix were servants. Plus you had to get the nuts prior to puberty, unix might have been after.

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