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.
Eunuch
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A eunuch is a boy or man who has been castrated. Throughout history, castration often served a specific social function. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the
The Harem Ağası, head of the black eunuchs of the Ottoman Imperial Harem
A group of eunuchs. Mural from the tomb of the prince Zhanghuai, 706 AD.
Hijras of Delhi, India
Limestone wall relief depicting an Assyrian royal attendant, a eunuch. From the Central Palace at Nimrud, Iraq, 744–727 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul.