James McCann

Oh, yeah, it should be in the open.

Yeah, we don't want to deal with it, though.

Maybe you could.

I've thought about it.

You're such a contrarian.

You do think about it.

What do you got here?

It's just a quick explanation.

I mean, they really sum this up fast.

Time roughly beginning of the 17th century to the mid-19th century, an era where the science of anesthesia, anesthetiation still had some way to go.

And here we go.

Before making the first cut, a surgeon would send a patient into a semi-comatose state by applying him with an opium-based drink and compressing his carotid arteries.

Oh, that's the milk.

Then the boy would be plunged into a bath of milk or hot water to soften the necessary parts, at which point speed was of the essence.

Cut the spermatic cords, remove the testicles, tie the ducts, and then fingers crossed.

Oh God.

Yeah.

Let's have AI make a cover of Papa Was a Rolling Stone as an opera castrata or castrato.

Is it castrato or castrata?

I think it's castrati is the plural.