general adoption of metal, and that such observances are to be interpreted as relics of an earlier Stone Age.--"Researches into the Early History of Mankind." By Edward B. Tylor. Pages 217-220. London, 1870. [61] The cannibals of Australia do not eat white people, as the flesh of these produces a nausea, which the flesh of the vegetable-fed blacks does not do. The rice-fed Chinese are considered a treat, and these are slaughtered in great number, ten Chinamen having been served up at one dinner.--"Among Cannibals." By Carl Lumholtz. Page 273. [62] "Cause Moral de la Circoncision." Par le Dr. Vanier. Page 266. [63] _Ibid._, page 288. [64] _Cincinnati Clinic_, vol. ii, page 165. [65] "The Story of the Jews." Hosmer. Page 263. [66] "Traite d'Hygiene, publique et privee." Michel Levy. 2d. edition, vol. ii, page 754. [67] _Ibid._ [68] "Diseases of Modern Life." B. W. Richardson. Page 19. [69] "Longevity and other Biostatic Peculiarities of the Jewish Race." By John Stockton Hough, M.D. _New York Med. Record_, 1873. [70] "Vital Statistics of the Jews." By Dr. John S. Billings. _North American Review_, No. 1, vol. 152, page 70, January, 1891. [71] "On Regimen and Longevity." By John Bell, M.D. Page 13. [72] _British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review_, vol. xliii, page 539. [73] _Ibid._, vol. xlii, page 17. [74] In "Influence of the Trades on Health," Thakrah mentions the peculiar exemption enjoyed in this regard by the butcher class. He quotes Tweedie in saying that he never saw a butcher admitted to the fever hospital. [75] Lancereaux. "Distribution de la Phthisie Pulmonaire." [76] Ashhurst. "Int. Enc. Surgery." [77] Horner. "Naval Practice." [78] _Cincinnati Lancet and Observer._, vol. xvi, 1873. [79] It may well be a question of some interest whether the atrophy of the testicle in the aged may not at times be partly due to the compression exercised by the prepuce on the glans through reflex action, and whether at times the virility that is departing cannot be restored by circumcision in such cases. I have seen such results, being guided to the idea by the Biblical relation in the case of Abraham.