ment has been described as marked by
a lean figure, white and well-ranged teeth, a developed hairy
system, a characteristic voice, air, and expression, and even a
special odor."

In approaching the question of the general physical indications of a
special aptitude to the manifestation of vigorous detumescence, the most
obvious preliminary would seem to be a study of the castrated. If we know
the special peculiarities of those who by removal of the sexual glands at
a very early age have been deprived of all ability to present the
manifestations of detumescence, we shall probably be in possession of a
type which is the reverse of that which we may expect in persons of a
vigorously erotic temperament.

The most general characteristics of eunuchs would appear to be an unusual
tendency to put on fat, a notably greater length of the legs, absence of
hair in the sexual and secondary sexual regions, a less degree of
pigmentation, as noted both in the castrated negro and the white man, a
puerile larynx and puerile voice. In character they are usually described
as gentle, conciliatory, and charitable.

There can be little doubt that castration in man tends to lead to
lengthening of the legs (tibia and fibula) at puberty, from
delayed ossification of the epiphyses. The hands and feet are
also frequently longer and sometimes the forearms. At the same
time the bones are more slender. The pelvis also is narrower. The
eunuchs of Cairo are said to be easily seen in a crowd from their
tall stature. (Collineau, quoting Lortet, _Revue Mensuelle de
l'Ecole d'Anthropologie_, May, 1896.) The castrated Skoptzy show
increased stature, and, it seems, large ears, with decreased
chest and head (L. Pittard, _Revue Scientifique_, June 20, 1903.)
Fere shows that in most of these respects the eunuch resembles
beardless and infantile subjects. ("Les Proportions des Membres
et les Caracteres Sexuels," _Journal de l'Anatomie et de la
Physiologie_, November-December, 1897.) Similar phenomena are
found in animals generally. Sellheim, carefully investigating
castrated horses, swine, oxen and fowls, found retardation of
ossification, long and slender extremities, long, broad, but low
skull, relatively smaller pelvis and small thorax. ("Zur Lehre
von den Sekundaeren Geschlechtscharakteren," _Beitraege zur
Geburtshuelfe und Gynaekologie_, 1898, summarized in _Centra