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The ancient and medieval Greek writer's perceptions concerning the relationship between sexual characteristics and testicular volume

机译:古希腊中世纪作家关于性特征与睾丸体积之间关系的看法

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Physicians and scholars of antiquity were well aware that the function of the testicles of humans and animals was not restricted to the production of sperm alone but that it was directly related to sexuality and secondary sexual characteristics. This concept was the natural conclusion of their observations on the macroscopical results of the removal of testicular tissue, i.e. castration, either accidentally or intentionally. In this paper we discuss the perception entertained by medical writers of ancient times as regards the relationship existing between the size of testicular mass and an individual's sexual characteristics. For the sake of simplicity, we have classified their views according to the number of testicles a man may have. Generally speaking, it was believed that there was a strong correlation between virility and the existence of no testicle at all, of half a testicle, one testicle, two testicles or even three testicles.
机译:古代医师和学者都清楚地知道,人和动物睾丸的功能并不仅限于精子的产生,而与性和继发性特征直接相关。这个概念是他们对意外或有意切除睾丸组织的宏观结果即去势的观察的自然结论。在本文中,我们讨论了古代医学作家对睾丸肿块大小与个人性特征之间存在的关系所持的看法。为了简单起见,我们根据一个男人可能拥有的睾丸数量对他们的观点进行了分类。一般而言,据信在雄性与完全不存在睾丸,半睾丸,一个睾丸,两个睾丸甚至三个睾丸之间存在很强的相关性。

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