http://selfdefinition.org/celibacy/bern ... part-1.htm
http://selfdefinition.org/celibacy/bern ... chosis.htm
http://selfdefinition.org/celibacy/bern ... mistry.htm
Interesting stuff..
Peat talks thymus tissue a lot, so this part jumped out at me.
http://selfdefinition.org/celibacy/bern ... chosis.htm
http://selfdefinition.org/celibacy/bern ... mistry.htm
Interesting stuff..
Peat talks thymus tissue a lot, so this part jumped out at me.
It has also been noted that excessive withdrawal of nucleoproteins and other substances from the blood to form spermatozoa may cause diminution in the size of the thymus gland and its atrophy, which probably is the reason why this occurs after puberty. (Could the atrophy of the pineal gland, accompanying that of the thymus, not be due to a similar cause, in view of the richness of the pineal in lecithin?)
Backmann found that the thymus attains its greatest size and weight just when the spermatogenesis commences, after which it starts to atrophy. Hammar noted that the thymus increases in weight from birth to puberty, but as soon as the first seminal emissions occur, with the onset of puberty, it commences to retrogress and lose weight. These facts indicate that the sexual changes of puberty, instead of being the effect of thymus atrophy at this time, are the cause.