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Observation No. C4. 
Physical Peculiarities of the Skoptzy Eunuchs. 
The Skoptzy eunuchs are taller than the men of the same race. 
Pelikan (28) gives figures based upon an examination of seventeen 
Skoptzy skeletons, and of twenty-six skeletons of normal men of the 
same race. 
The average of his measurements is — 
Skoptzy. Normal. 
Stature .... 1690 mm. 1656 mm. 
Arm and forearm . . 550 „ 
Tibia . . . . 476 „ 
The proportionate length of the tibia to body height is as 1 to 43 2 
4*80,: — (17). This gives a tibia length of 345-3 7 8 ‘7 for a stature of 1656. 
The tibia of the Skoptzy is therefore actually longer than that of normal 
men, but it is also relatively far longer, for a tibia length of 476 should be 
associated with a stature of between 2051 and 2285. But not only is the 
tibia relatively and absolutely longer than normal, the trunk is relatively 
and absolutely shorter. Pittard (29) gives confirmatory figures. He 
examined thirty individuals ; these he divided into three groups, each of 
ten individuals, and obtained the following averages : — 
Table XXXIX. 
Stature. 
Height seated. 
Length of 
Lower Limbs. 
1st Group, 10 Eunuchs, 
without beard and 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
sexual hair 
2nd Group, 10 similar 
1751-8 
1278-6 
875-4 
individuals 
3rd Group, 10 Eunuchs, 
possessing beard and 
1718-8 
1277*6 
844-2 
sexual hair 
1704-2 
1287 
818-2 
The third group is composed of Skoptzys who have been converted 
after adult life has been attained, or of Skoptzys of a feeble faith who 
have had only one testicle removed. These furnish a control, and their 
measurements provide a useful standard of comparison. 
Pittard (29), in a communication to L’Academie des Sciences, introduced 
by Laveran, 8th June 1903, gives further particulars arrived at as the 
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