Castration
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Castration is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, that disables the function of testes in males: the male gonad. Surgical castration is bilateral orchiectomy, while chemical castration uses
A 15th century Ottoman medical illustration by Sabuncuoğlu Şerafeddin depicting an operation for castration
The Castration of Uranus: fresco by Vasari and Cristofano Gherardi (c. 1560, Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence)
The procedure of castration as punishment during the 16th century
An Italian soldier who was castrated and emasculated during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
Eight Tigers
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The Eight Tigers, sometimes referred to as the Gang of Eight, were a powerful group of eunuchs that controlled the Chinese imperial court during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
The Zhengde Emperor, also known as Emperor Wuzong
The dragon robe which the Zhengde emperor gifted to the Eight Tigers to wear, even though it had traditionally been a privilege reserved only for royalty