Aristotle had mentioned among
the signs of wantonness: paleness, abundance of hair on the body,
thick and black hair, hairs covering the temples, and thick
eyelids.
In the seventeenth century Bouchet, in his _Serees_ (Troisieme
Seree), gave as the signs of virility which indicated that a man
could have children: a great voice, a thick rough black beard, a
large thick nose.
G. Tourdes (Art. "Aphrodisie," _Dictionnaire Encyclopedique des
Sciences Medicales_) thus summarized the ancient beliefs on this
subject: "The erotic temperament has been described as marked by
a lean figure, white and well-ranged teeth, a developed hairy
system, a characteristic voice, air, and expression, and even a
special odor."
In approaching the question of the general physical indications of a
special aptitude to the manifestation of vigorous detumescence, the most
obvious preliminary would seem to be a study of the castrated. If we know
the special peculiarities of those who by removal of the sexual glands at
a very early age have been deprived of all ability to present the
manifestations of detumescence, we shall probably be in possession of a
type which is the reverse of that which we may expect in persons of a
vigorously erotic temperament.
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