Manhood: The Rise and Fall of the Penis (54 page)

Servadio, Gaia,
The Story of R
189

Taoism

sexologists 266–70

and masturbation 249

see also
individual practitioners

The Tao of Love and Sex
(Chang) 57, 150,

sexual intercourse

249

and ageing 77–8, 79

Taylor, Gary,
Castration
97

coitus interruptus 242

10cc 76

double-income-no-sex syndrome 77

testicles

frequency of 77–80

and ageing process 81–6, 89–91, 139

287

i n d e x

and alcohol, adverse effect of 118, 156

and male hormonal contraception 93–4

Ancient names for 10

and padam 91

animal 20–22

research into 81–9

anorchidy (without testicles) 139

scientific knowledge of 80–81

as aphrodisiac 80

supplements 91–2

appendices 33,
33

in women 88, 94–5

blood-testicle barrier 20

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

What is Sex?
(Margulis and Sagan) 74–5

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

288

• 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