Understanding emasculation: Western medical perspectives on Chinese eunuchs

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-55

  Dale, Melissa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Emasculation; Eugenics; Eunuch; Urology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950535262     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkp139     Document Type: Article

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