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In Edo Japan, blind men were allowed to join the blind men guild under the condition that they be employed as a musician, masseuse or acupuncturist. What are cases of a different physical disability being tied legally or traditionally to a particular profession? How were they enforced or managed?
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What was the general/institutional/legal approach to disabled and neuroatypical people like in the Soviet Union?
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When Catalina de Erauso started publicly living as a man and joined the army in the 17th century, some of his fellow soldiers are stated to have thought "he was a eunuch," since he could not grow a beard. So what exactly did "being a eunuch" mean in 17th century Spain, both socially and medically?
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