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History and Evolution of Testicular Descent

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Cryptorchidism

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The history of testicular descent is closely connected with the expression of masculinity and as such can be traced back to ancient Egypt. The eunuchs with their habitus were a well-described phenomenon. During the Middle Ages one of the precepts of canon law required that all candidates for the priesthood must have “duo testes bene pendulam” [1].

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Hadžiselimović, F. (1983). History and Evolution of Testicular Descent. In: Cryptorchidism. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86020-1_2

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