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...physical problems can follow for a small number of men. Dr. John Bernard Henry, director of clinical pathology at the State University of New York's Upstate Medical Center, has suggested that vasectomy occasionally causes upsets in the immunological system as the body reacts to the retention of sperm. Though sperm cells cannot be released after the operation, the testicles continue to produce them. Reabsorbed by the body, the sperm products sometimes cause an immune response that in turn may destroy or immobilize newly produced sperm cells. This could conceivably increase a man's susceptibility to disorders related...
Severed Circle. As a technical procedure, however, vasectomy is simplicity itself. After administering a local anesthetic, the doctor locates the vas deferens, the thin (3-mm. diameter) tube that carries sperm from the testicle to the seminal vesicle, where it is mixed with other components of the semen (see diagram). Once he has found it, he makes a small incision, draws out the vas and severs it, often removing a small section and tying the ends back on each other so that they cannot rejoin. He then repeats the procedure on the other side. The operation, which costs...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex. Woody Allen's take-off on Dr. Reuben's already amusing travesty gives us two funny episodes out of 7. Features Allen himself in his ideal role: a frightened Jewish sperm...
...Japanese say their whaling is essential. Whale meat accounts for 10% of Japan's protein diet. The blood and entrails are processed into pet food or fertilizer. The skin and bones end up as oil. Even the football-size testicles of sperm whales are boiled, sliced and served as a delicacy...
...caught without endangering the species. Officially, the International Whaling Commission is supposed to preserve the species by setting quotas, but the organization has no effective enforcement power, and it routinely sets quotas that will satisfy the major whaling nations. Japan has the right to catch 15,700 sperm, sei and fin whales this year, almost half the world total (the few remaining blues and humpbacks are now "protected"). Last spring, the U.S. and Japan made a separate arrangement for the U.S. to monitor Japanese catches, but even now the U.S. observers will see only about 3,000 of the dead...