Ilyrium -> RE: tied tits (12/31/2013 12:37:32 PM)
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Male oyster removal can involve constriction....... http://www.kapelovitz.com/eunuchs.htm quote:
Self-castrators who shy away from scissors, knives, guns and razor blades, and can't stand the sight of blood, turn to constriction devices, such as an elastrator, which wraps around the base of the scrotum, preventing blood from reaching the testicles. This is the preferred method of castrating farm animals, since it shuts down hormone production but does not require expensive and potentially dangerous surgery. The balls wither away and die, and can easily be removed. http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/sexuality/tp/20113-Types-of-Eunuchs-in-the-Roman-Empire.htm quote:
Thlibiae were those eunuchs whose testicles were bruised or pressed. Mathew Kuefler says the word comes from the Greek verb thlibein 'to press hard'. The process was to tie the scrotum tightly in order to sever the vas deferens without amputation. The genitals would appear normal or close to. This was a far less dangerous operation than cutting. Page 30 of the Google Book: The Eunuch in Byzantine History and Society, By Shaun Tougher quote:
That by compression is performed thus: children, still of a tender age, are placed in a vessel of hot water, and then when the bodily parts are softened in the bath, the testicles are to be squeezed with the fingers until they disappear, and, being dissolved, can no longer be felt. " Likewise, on page 31, they discuss the compression damage as thus: quote:
The fact htat the Byzantines typically used the term 'ektomias' (meaning 'cut') for eunichs suggests that the excision method was more common. The existence of the compression method is testified to by other terms for eunichs, such as 'thlibias' (from 'to press') and 'thladias' (from 'to crush'), which were Greek words also utilised by the Romans.
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