Tissot, Samuel-Auguste 244
‘blue balls’ 23
tlc Trust 159
cancer 29, 120, 124, 135–8, 232
Tolstoy, Leo, Anna Karenina 162
and castration see castration
Toole, John Kennedy, Conspiracy of Dunces
collector 130–31
252–3
composition 23–5, 31
cremaster reflex 22, 32, 134
urination
diathermia treatment and impotence 85, 85
and hypospadia 202–3
epididymis 31–2, 31, 33, 118, 123–5, 133,
and prostate 62–3, 65, 66–7
135, 136
as food 63, 80
Van Andel, Pek 93–4
formation of 18–19
Van de Velde, Theodoor Hendrik 229, 266
hanging left 18
Van Horne, Johannes 23, 24, 41
hydrocele 123–5, 124
Van Leeuwenhoek, Antonie 15–16, 17, 42
inguinal hernia 121–2
Van Lieshout, Joop 23
injuries to 128–30
Varolio, Costanzo 40–41
and Klinefelter’s syndrome 89, 226–7
vasectomy see sterilization
medication, adverse effects of 117–18
Vecki, V. G. 156–7
moving 23
venereal disease
multiple 120–21, 121
chlamydia 123
nerve supply 29–30
and circumcison 211–12
pain in 29–30, 122–3, 133–5, 221
and prostate inflammation 66
position, reasons for 19–20
syphilis 80
prosthetics 138–9
Venette, Nicolas 262
self-examination 118
Verlaine, Paul, ‘Hombres’ 46
seminal duct 32–3, 32, 118
Verroen, Sarah 257–8
seminal duct ligature 82–3
Viagra 191–3
Sertoli and Leydig cells 24–6, 30, 88, 93,
Virag, Ronald 183
122
Voronoff, Serge 83–4
slang terms for 11
spermatocele 125
Waisbrooker, Lois 27
‘teabagging’ 28
Waldinger, Mark 78
and temperature 20
Weyer (Wier), Johannes 153
transplants 84, 86, 139–40
twisted ( torsio testis) 121–2, 138
Wilde, Oscar (tomb) 114–15, 114
undescended 119–20, 138, 139
The Winds of War (film) 210
variocele (varicose vein) 125–7, 126
Wittgenstein, Ludwig 68
volume 22, 23
women
war and torture 131, 132–3
and art of seduction 256–8
see also scrotum; semen
feminist demands and male impotence
testosterone
258–60
and andropause 90–91
G-spot 70
and chemical castration for prostate cancer
genitalia, men’s strange ideas of 51–3
115–16
and men’s lack of interest in sex 260–62
cholesterol conversion into 88
penis, lack of interest in 257–8
composition and effect 88
physical abnormalities, and male impotence
depletion by disease 89
254–5, 261
discovery of 87–8
prostate 70–71
and drug use, effect of 92–3, 157
and sex for sex’s sake 262–3
and erotic fantasies 117–18
and hypothalamus 88, 89, 93
Zaviacic, Milan 70
and libido, loss of 91
Zeegers, W., The Sunny Side of Sex 149–50
and low-fat diet 102
Zilbergeld, Bernie 60, 149
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Document Outline
Imprint page
Contents
Introduction
1. The Testicles and the Scrotum
2. The Penis
3. The Prostate and Seminal Glands
4. Testosterone and Sperm
5. Castration
6. Ailments of the Scrotum
7. Ailments of the Penis
8. Voluntary and Involuntary Sterility
9. Spilling One’s Seed
10. Women
11. Eroticism
Conclusion: That Wraps it Up
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index