{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e1f02159a47b5450663b62a/5e57cf13b183ada47a0d4b96?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sexual Eeling","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e1f02159a47b5450663b62a/1582812964934-d36ab8bc73534f075c76f0b83f72acd3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In March 1876, the young Sigmund Freud arrived in Trieste, looking for the testicles of an eel. For centuries past, these troublesome organs had proved elusive. Despite the most intensive – not to say intimate – research, no one had managed to track them down.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This article appeared in the March 2020 edition of History Today. Read the article&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.historytoday.com/archive/natural-histories/sexual-eeling\" target=\"_blank\">online</a>&nbsp;or buy a copy of this issue from our&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.historytoday.com/shop/history-today-back-issues\" target=\"_blank\">website</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Written by Alexander Lee</p><p>Read by Greig Johnson</p><p>Produced by History Today</p><p>Music by Kai Engel</p>","author_name":"History Today"}