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History of circumcision from the earliest times to the present : $b Moral and physical reasons for its performance, with a history of eunuchism, hermaphrodism, etc., and of the different operations practiced upon the prepuce — John Shaqi

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History of circumcision from the earliest times to the present : $b Moral and physical reasons for its performance, with a history of eunuchism, hermaphrodism, etc., and of the different operations practiced upon the prepuce

Name: History of circumcision from the earliest times to the present : $b Moral and physical reasons for its performance, with a history of eunuchism, hermaphrodism, etc., and of the different operations practiced upon the prepuce
Author: Remondino, P. C. (Peter Charles)

Remondino, P. C. (Peter Charles)

Circumcision

daily observed as the tribute that is paid by the unlucky and unhappy
wearer of a prepuce for the privilege of possessing such an appendage.

There is one thing that must be admitted concerning circumcision: this
being that, among medical men or men of ordinary intelligence who have
had the operation performed, instead of being dissatisfied, they have
extended the advantages they have themselves received, by having those
in their charge likewise operated upon. The practice is now much more
prevalent than is supposed, as there are many Christian families where
males are regularly circumcised soon after birth, who simply do so as a
hygienic measure.

For the benefit of these, who may congratulate themselves upon the
dangers and annoyances that they and their families have escaped, and
for the benefit of those who would run into these dangers but for timely
warning, this book has been especially written. To my professional
brothers the book will prove a source of instruction and recreation,
for, while it contains a lot of pathology regarding the moral and
physical reasons why circumcision should be performed, which might be as
undigestible as a mess of Boston brown bread and beans on a French
stomach, I have endeavored to make that part of the book readable and
interesting. The operative chapter will be particularly useful and
interesting to physicians, as I have there given a careful and impartial
review of all the operative procedures,--from the most simple to the
most elaborate,--besides paying more than particular attention to the
subject of after-dressings. The part that relates to the natural history
of man will interest all manner of people. I regret that the tabular
statistics are not to be had, but in this regard we must use our best
judgment from the material we have on hand; at any rate, I have tried to
furnish a sufficiency of facts, so that, unless the reader is too
overexacting, he will not find much difficulty in arriving at a
conclusion on the subject.

P. C. REMONDINO, M.D.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 1891.




CONTENTS.


                                                        PAGE

PREFACE,                                                 iii

INTRODUCTION,                                              1

CHAPTER I.
ANTIQUITY OF CIRCUMCISION,                                21

CHAPTER II.
THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF CIRCUMCISION,                28

CHAPTER III.
SPREAD OF CIRCUMCISION,                                   34

CHAPTER IV.
CIRCUMCISION AMONG SAVAGE TRIBES,                         42

CHAPTER V.
INFIBULATION, MUZZLING, AND OTHER CURIOUS PRACTICES,      46

CHAPTER VI.
ATTEMPTS TO ABOLISH CIRCUMCISION,                         63

CHAPTER VII.
MIRACLES AND THE HOLY PREPUCE,                            70

CHAPTER VIII.
HISTORY OF EMASCULATION, CASTRATION, AND EUNUCHISM,       82

CHAPTER IX.
PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO EUNUCHISM AND
MEDICINE,                                                105

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