Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Twilight of the castrati

  • The castrati: a physician’s perspective, part 2

    James L. Franklin Chicago, Illinois, United States   The first half of this article was previously published in Hektoen International, Summer 2010 as  The castrati: a physician’s perspective, part I Medical aspects In this second part, we turn to the medical aspects of our subject and questions of by whom and by what methods were…