h their lowest plane of degradation.
But the most decided changes are at the same time going on,
little by little, in the instincts and proclivities of the
subject. He loses his taste for those sports and occupations
in which he formerly indulged, his courage disappears, and he
becomes timid to such an extent that, if he is a man occupying
a prominent place in the council of the pueblo, he is at once
relieved of all power and responsibility, and his influence is
at an end. If he is married his wife and children pass from
under his control,--whether, however, through his wish or
theirs, or by the orders of the council, I could not
ascertain. They certainly become no more to him than other
women and children of the pueblo." Hammond examined one of
these men, who had, as he himself informed him, formerly
possessed a large penis and testicles "grande como
huevos,"--as large as eggs. The penis was in its flaccid state
and about an inch and a half in length, with the glans about
the size of a thimble, which it very much resembled in shape.
The glandular structure of the testicles had disappeared; they
were atrophied, little besides connective tissue remaining. He
examined another _mujerado_ in the pueblo of Acoma, who had
been so made when at about the age of twenty-six. The penis
was not more than an inch in length and about the diameter of
the little finger, and of the testicles there was apparently
nothing left but a little connective tissue. Both of these men
had high-pitched voices. The last one examined was then
thirty-six years of age. (Hammond: "Male Impotence.") The
foregoing detailed description shows an extreme degree of
results produced by an equally extreme degree of intense and
persistent irritation applied to the genital organs, purposely
employed to obtain certain results. In the cases cited the
irritation or excitation is directly applied, but it is safe
to assume that reflex irritability from the anus or rectum,
or from that of a stricture or of a prepuce, will in some
cases produce a certain degree of excitation in the testicles
that may result in their functional o