d the operation, for the choir of the Papal Chapel at
Rome. Velutti was as much of a favorite in his day as our present tenors
and handsome actors. The admiration of the opposite sex was fatal to
him; he formed a _liaison_ with a young English lady residing in London,
and the resulting excesses in which he indulged quickly brought him to
his grave. He was passionately fond of women and was able to acquit
himself perfectly; at least, as far as the copulative act--barring
fecundation--was concerned.

In a previous part of this chapter I have alluded to the very
appropriate arrangement which formerly existed when music-teachers were
eunuchs, and that our higher circles of society would do well to employ
eunuchized coachmen, especially if possessed of susceptible and elopable
daughters; but, from the accounts given by Mondat, it would seem that
they are not as safe as might at first be imagined. However, they could
not be as dangerous as the chief eunuch of the Grand Cherif of Mecca and
increase the population to the same extent; but I should judge that they
might be a very demoralizing moral element if introduced into modern
society. If eunuchs must be employed, it can easily be understood why
the Turk and Chinese prefer the real, clean-cut article. The New York
"Four Hundred" should make a note of this, as in their present thirst
for European aristocratic notions, coats of arms and titles, there is no
telling how soon they may cross over into Oriental customs and run a
harem, in which case it would be sad to have them make any mistakes in
the quality and ability of the eunuch.

Dr. Gardner W. Allen has furnished the American profession with a
faithful translation of the valuable work of Professor Ultzmann on
"Sterility and Impotence." In this, we have a clear and intelligent
dissertation that explains the above conditions, and I am only surprised
that the observations of Mondat have not developed such explanations
before, as the principle was fully explained in practice fifty years ago
by the Montpellier physician. According to Ultzmann, there is a form of
fecundating impotence in persons otherwise well provided with an
apparent complete apparatus, an impotence which he terms _potentia
generandi_. He states, however, that this form of impotence was not
recognized until a few years ago, citing the fact that females have had,
as a rule, to bear all of the blame for the unfruitfulness of the
family, and that they have been