Wasn't the naval fleet commanded by pirate, Ching Shih, actually larger? Granted she was a pirate, so it was not an official navy, but not even the East India Trading Company's fleet was able to defeat her.
When a boy was fully castrated, a catheter was inserted into the urethra. If he healed ok, he would be able to wee. If it scarred over, he died. Boys could also die from blood loss, sepsis, shock and other complications. Similar to girls undergoing genital mutilation today.
Wasn't the naval fleet commanded by pirate, Ching Shih, actually larger? Granted she was a pirate, so it was not an official navy, but not even the East India Trading Company's fleet was able to defeat her.
In terms of #s I think they were fairly similar, but her fleet was mostly junks whereas the Ming fleet had a bunch of big warships.
With no penises how did these men pee?
Similarly to women, I would guess.
So they were left an opening for the urethra? They must have been or they would have died but I'm amazed that someone knew how to do that.
When a boy was fully castrated, a catheter was inserted into the urethra. If he healed ok, he would be able to wee. If it scarred over, he died. Boys could also die from blood loss, sepsis, shock and other complications. Similar to girls undergoing genital mutilation today.
I was wrong about the catheter. Here’s a fascinating article on castration.
https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/84/12/4324/2864451
Thank you for sharing this article. Made me a little squeamish. Those poor men. And, confirms my beliefs that those hormones do more than make babies.