Konig J
Gewina. 1999;22(3):119-35.
The elimination of the testicles of boys and men, what we call castration, was frequently practised in Graeco-Roman antiquity. Probably it was sometimes done by laymen, but certainly also sometimes carried out by doctors. This article provides an overview of classical texts concerning castration practices in which doctors were involved, and explores the background of these specific castration practices. It appears that doctors not only cooperated in several practices that were (thought to be) beneficial for their patients, but also in the involuntary castration of healthly slave boys, mostly for the benefit of slave-owners, and hardly to the advantage of their patients.
对男孩和男性进行睾丸切除，即我们所说的阉割，在古希腊罗马时期经常施行。可能有时是由非专业人员进行的，但肯定也有一些是由医生实施的。本文概述了涉及医生参与的阉割行为的古典文献，并探讨了这些特定阉割行为的背景。看来医生不仅在一些（被认为）对患者有益的做法中进行合作，还参与了对健康奴隶男孩的非自愿阉割，主要是为了奴隶主的利益，而对患者几乎没有好处。
