Effects of Castration, chapt. 1

[JesusA (imported)]

Effects of Castration on Men and Women: Accidental, Voluntary and Involuntary Castration; Eunuchism and History - Medical Treatment and Aspects

By D.O. Cauldwell, M.D., Sc.D. (Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1947), 32pp.

[I want to thank Spadone for reminding me of this pamphlet. I have found my copy in a long buried box of books. I plan to submit each of the ten chapters as a separate item over the next couple of weeks. ---Jesus]

I. INTRODUCTION

Castration consists in removing, surgically or otherwise, the testicles of the male or the ovaries of the female. The practice is doubtless older than history. It is reasonable to believe it to be as old as mankind.

Time, that intricate entity which, paradoxically, has all value or no value, is held by many to be without beginning or end. One may resort to philosophical license, however, and say that when time becomes meaningless, it ends when meaningless begins.

Absolute knowledge of the beginning of mankind is as much a crux critticorum as is speculation concerning the beginning of time. It is unthinkable that mankind did not appear on the face of the earth prior to the most probable date of the Garden of Eden story. The bowels of the earth have yielded positive evidence of the existence of mankind during the Pleistocene age and this age would have been more than a mere jaunt from the era during which the Garden of Eden tale emerged. We therefore know that mankind is old - quite old.

In addition to knowing that mankind is old, we know that man has ever been a warring animal. In the far away quaternary epoch when man met man and men fought, it is reasonable to believe that fighting was crude as well as cruel. And regardless of man's degree of intellect at the time, we may more than reasonably assume that he had learned of his highly vulnerable spots - and hence, the vulnerable spots of any man who might become his adversary.

The privates - secrets, also called the testicles - must have been as vulnerable in early man as in man of today. This being true, it is reasonable to assume that adversaries of the Pleistocene age indulged in the practice of castrating each other.

The definition of a eunuch is: A man whose testicles have been removed.... This brings us to the conclusion that eunuchs existed during the early age of mankind.

As to when the practice of castration of women began, there is more or less doubt. It stands to reason that this occurred much later in history than was true in the case of the male - homo sapiens.

Historians have by no means settled the date of the first Caesarian operation upon the female. Nor are all of the known historical facts always immediately available to one seeking to establish that which is know of facts and conjecture. It is not at all likely that woman was castrated earlier than she was delivered of child through an incised opening in the wall of her belly.

Indeed, man castrated man long before the testicles were known or even believed to have anything to do with either reproduction or the act of sexual intercourse. The reason why man did this has already been explained. It was untold ages later that knowledge of the reproductive functions of the ovaries was discovered. Indeed, prior to this discovery, it was not known that the ovaries had anything to do with sexuality.

Investigators have given out statements through the press indicating that evidence has been uncovered that what we now know as the Caesarean operation was performed upon woman eons before the time of Julius Caesar. The belief was expressed that the operation was performed by women midwives. History corroborates any theory that remote man rarely did any "intimate" doctoring on the female of the species.

Regarding the Caesarean operation, the following, abstracted from The Medical Times, appeared in the December, 1946, issue of Sexology (New York):

"Palmer Findlay writes that 'so far as the records show, the Caesarian operation was not performed on the living woman in the time of Julius Caesar. It is therefore evident that the name of the operation was not derived from the alleged manner of birth of Julius Caesar. It is believed that the expression (Caesarian operation) was derived from the lex regia, which ordered that an abdominal operation must be performed on all dead and dying women when in the advanced stages of pregnancy. Later the lex regia became known as the lex cesaria and from this law the name caesarian was derived.'"

The quotation is a classical fact. It does not indicate that the operation, regardless of by what name it was known, was not performed, as has been explained, long before the time of Julius Caesar.

The practice of castrating women is of comparatively recent origin. That the practice has become quite extensive will be revealed later.

In various instances woman has been castrated as a means of controlling her. The practice of castrating the male of the human species, however, is at least as old as history, and except when man was castrated during a fight, whether such was personal combat or in war, the castration was performed as a means of control. This does not apply to more recent practices of castration as a health measure or a measure calculated to save life.

Ever so often man suffers castration through accident. Accidents have completely torn away the entire external genitalia. Likewise, accidents have caused the male to undergo surgical castration as a means of saving his life.

Men have sought castration for reasons of their own and these reasons will be revealed herein. This is, of course, what is known as voluntary castration. Women often seek castration. Castration has been forced upon both males and females. This is involuntary castration. And, finally, there is legal castration. As you read this book you may find much that will surprise you. And it will be a surprising thing if, when you read the facts concerning legal castration and the scientific version of what it accomplishes and fails to accomplish, you are not more than mildly startled.

When we contemplate the possibilities of accident and disease we realize at once that anyone may lose an eye, an arm, a hand, a foot or a leg. We know that every day in the hospitals of the country surgery is taking something away from individuals with which they were originally endowed. Appendices are excised. Tonsils are removed. A higher percentage of women than you would be likely to suspect, are giving up their wombs and fallopian tubes to the surgeon's knife. Gall bladders are daily removed from persons who have been unfortunate enough to develop pathology. Teeth are extracted in untold numbers. Women are being castrated. Indeed, what man or woman is there who can say that tomorrow or next week some surgeon will not have his testicles or her ovaries in his pickling brine?

Who then, it is reasonable to ask, is not interested in the effects of castration on both sexes? And who is not interested in knowing what medical science can do toward rehabilitating those who are so unfortunate as to have to undergo castration?

These matters will be made plain. And, it is well to explain now, that the most important effects of castration may be explained in a few words, but that each case is a law unto itself. Volumes may be filled, as indeed they have been filled, with the effects in individual cases. Each case represents a partial biography within itself. A summary of common effects, however, is most interesting and may be most valuable, to each individual.

To merely plunge into a summary of effects and treatment before viewing the background of castration, and looking somewhat into its history, would be a little like eating old-fashioned strawberry shortcake without the modern embellishment of added whipped cream. Let us therefore look into the history of castration and follow it down to the present when, under certain circumstances, one may choose between submitting to castration and being imprisoned for life. This latter does not sound modern - nor indeed does crucifixion - but both are being done, and with greater frequency than you might imagine.

[JesusA (imported)]

Since the version of VBulletin in use in 2001 was unable to handle long posts, the chapters of this pamphlet were posted in segments. Today I would be able to post each chapter whole and post them in a single thread. Since they are now scattered about, I thought I should put a directory with links to all of the chapters on the two threads containing the beginning and end of the pamphlet.

I also discovered while searching for the segments that I had neglected to post the first part of Chapter II. No one wrote to me at the time, and, since I had the original pamphlet, I never went to the Archive to read it. The first part of Chapter II is now available and can be found from the link below. What is listed on the Archive as Chapt. 2, pt. 1 is actually part 2. The newly posted part 1 is listed as Chapt. 2a.

Effects of Castration on Men and Women: Accidental, Voluntary and Involuntary Castration; Eunuchism and History - Medical Treatment and Aspects, by D.O. Cauldwell, M.D., Sc.D. (Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1947), 32pp.

Links to the ten chapters:

I. INTRODUCTION (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=124)

II. EUNUCHS: Castrated Men (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=25777) (newly added)

II, pt. 2 (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=127) (originally posted as Chapt. 2, pt. 1)

III. WOMEN AND CASTRATION: A Feminine Fad (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=137)

IV. DESIRE FOR SURGICAL SEX TRANSMUTATION (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=177)

IV. pt. 2 (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=178)

V. AN ANCIENT BIBLICAL PRACTICE: Castration As an Act of War (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=179)

VI. THE CASTRATION COMPLEX: A Mental Disorder (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=259)

end of chapter 6 (too long for a single post) (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=260)

VII. THE ACTUAL EFFECTS OF CASTRATION ON BOTH SEXES: The Effects of Castration Before and After Puberty - Cryptorchidism in the Male - Infantilism in the Female (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=261)

VIII. MEDICAL TREATMENT OF CASTRATES (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=328)

IX. PERSONOLOGY AND CASTRATES (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=329)

X. CONCLUSION (http://www.eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=330)

[C van D (imported)]

Is it a fact, or is it not, that where pre-teen boys were castrated, the penis never grew as large as it would have done when the boy attained puberty?

There must be medical evidence somewhere.

C van D

[Eunuchist (imported)]

Is it a fact, or is it not, that where pre-teen boys were castrated, the penis never grew as large as it would have done when the boy attained puberty?

There must be medical evidence somewhere.

C van D

It is very likely, from a logical standpoint. After all, the gonads tend to enlarge significantly in a very short time during puberty. This enlargement is a direct consequence of increasing levels of androgens. Obviously, without such a tremendous surge in male hormones, the penis will largely retain it's pre-pubertal dimensions throughout life in pre-pubertal eunuchs, even if they remain sexually active (as historical reports indicate that castrati were still capable of sexual relations with women even though otherwise they had no libido).

Regarding the medical evidence (at least that I am aware of), of the few photos that I have seen of adult pre-pubertal Skoptzy, the flaccid penis indeed appeared much smaller for a male adult average. One of my internet friends, a middle-aged endocrinological eunuch who never went through puberty (and has never taken any hormones), noted that the size of his penis is also significantly less than is the case for adult men, despite his habit of (surprisingly?) masturbating at least several times a month.