TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Human castration: historical notes
JO  - Medicina Nei Secoli
A1  - Serarcangeli, C.
A1  - Rispoli, G.
SP  - 441
EP  - 454
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
N2  - Human castration has been performed from early times for different reasons: to punish and revenge, to display one's religious fanaticism, to protect or to control women, for eunuchs' trade, for therapeutical purposes. In early modern times men were castrated to obtain sopranos voices, or for eugenic or racial reasons. Nowadays chemical castration is used as a therapeutic treatment or as a way to punish rape and other criminal behaviours. Castration is surgical or chemical act that may obviously cause serious physical and psychological consequences.<p /> <p>Language: it</p>
LA  - it
SN  - 0394-9001
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -