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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 prepuceRemondino, P. C. (Peter Charles)

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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

Enoch, Prof., of Berlin, on preputial calculi, 249;
  on results of phimosis, 266;
  on enuresis, 277

Enuresis, 275

Epilepsy, induced by the prepuce, 258, 261, 301

Epstein, Dr., of Cincinnati, 156

Erichsen, Prof., on cancer of the penis, 228

Ethics at the battle of Fontenoy, 76

Ethiopian infibulation of infant females, 51

Eunuchism, beneficial to guardians of public funds, 84;
  as excluding from the priesthood, 90;
  in Italy, 91;
  in China, 91, 93;
  in India, 92;
  in the Soudan, 99;
  and music, 94;
  as a punishment, 97;
  mortality attending its manufacture, 91, 92, 93, 99, 100, 107;
  does not prevent copulation at all times, 92, 100, 101, 102, 103;
  manner of procedure among the Pagan priesthood, 106;
  prices of eunuchs, 99;
  numbers annually made, 91, 98;
  fecundating eunuch of Mecca, 100;
  Velutti, the opera-singer, 102;
  eunuchs as possessors of harems, 90;
  eunuch warriors and statesmen, 90

Evidence of circumcision on Egyptian monuments, 23

Extraordinary results of phimosis, 282


Female circumcisers in Arabia, 36

Females subject to preputial reflex neuroses, 267, 268

Flaccourt, M. Martin, account of the Madecasses, 54

Fothergill and the unlicensed practitioner on renal pathology, 77

French war-office records, on Jewish vital statistics, 175

Frenum, statistics relating to abnormalities of, 221

Frerichs' ammoniaemia, 300

Fresnel, M., on marriage circumcision, 54

Full-moon rites among the Bassouto maidens, 44


Galen, on the flaccid virile member, 60, 61

Gangrene of the penis, 236

Golden padlocks worn on prepuce for five years, 54

Greek and Roman statuary and the penis, 60

Greek monks' object in infibulations, 54;
  extreme ideas of chastity, 89

Gregg, Dr. Robert J., operative procedure, 320

Griffith, Dr. J. D., cases of reflex irritation, 261

Gross, Prof. S. D., on penile cancer, 230;
  operations, 320

Grotius and the origin of the Peruvians, 46

Guimara, the, 153

Guinzburg, Dr., on Jewish vital statistics, 176

Gumilla and his South American voyages, 47


Haemostatic powders, 160

Hare, Prof. Hobart A., on circumcision, 301

Haskins, Dr. A., on Jewish vital statistics, 176

Heaven, Turkish, 115;
  Buddhist, 116

Hebraic idea of parental origin of constitution of the child, 144

Hebrew Consistory of Paris, 157

Hebrew words in Central American languages, 24

Hebrews, attempts to efface signs of circumcision, 69;
  secretly circumcise their dead, 68;
  Hebrew vital statistics, 169 to 179;
  as proverbial good livers, 171;
  escape epidemics, 173;
  peculiarly free from syphilitic taint, 191;
  their circumcision suitable to young children, 306

Heliogabalus, Emperor, was circumcised, 66

Henry III of France as a Moslem godfather, 64

Henry V of England and the holy prepuce, 71

Heraclius, Emperor, persecuted the Jews, 67

Hermaphrodites, earliest mention of, 117;
  pederasty causes belief in their existence, 118, 119, 120;
  Debierre on, 123;
  notable cases of, 124, 125, 127, 128

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Religion

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

Remondino, P. C. (Peter Charles)

Circumcision

Enoch, Prof., of Berlin, on preputial calculi, 249;
  on results of phimosis, 266;
  on enuresis, 277

Enuresis, 275

Epilepsy, induced by the prepuce, 258, 261, 301

Epstein, Dr., of Cincinnati, 156

Erichsen, Prof., on cancer of the penis, 228

Ethics at the battle of Fontenoy, 76

Ethiopian infibulation of infant females, 51

Eunuchism, beneficial to guardians of public funds, 84;
  as excluding from the priesthood, 90;
  in Italy, 91;
  in China, 91, 93;
  in India, 92;
  in the Soudan, 99;
  and music, 94;
  as a punishment, 97;
  mortality attending its manufacture, 91, 92, 93, 99, 100, 107;
  does not prevent copulation at all times, 92, 100, 101, 102, 103;
  manner of procedure among the Pagan priesthood, 106;
  prices of eunuchs, 99;
  numbers annually made, 91, 98;
  fecundating eunuch of Mecca, 100;
  Velutti, the opera-singer, 102;
  eunuchs as possessors of harems, 90;
  eunuch warriors and statesmen, 90

Evidence of circumcision on Egyptian monuments, 23

Extraordinary results of phimosis, 282


Female circumcisers in Arabia, 36

Females subject to preputial reflex neuroses, 267, 268

Flaccourt, M. Martin, account of the Madecasses, 54

Fothergill and the unlicensed practitioner on renal pathology, 77

French war-office records, on Jewish vital statistics, 175

Frenum, statistics relating to abnormalities of, 221

Frerichs' ammoniaemia, 300

Fresnel, M., on marriage circumcision, 54

Full-moon rites among the Bassouto maidens, 44


Galen, on the flaccid virile member, 60, 61

Gangrene of the penis, 236

Golden padlocks worn on prepuce for five years, 54

Greek and Roman statuary and the penis, 60

Greek monks' object in infibulations, 54;
  extreme ideas of chastity, 89

Gregg, Dr. Robert J., operative procedure, 320

Griffith, Dr. J. D., cases of reflex irritation, 261

Gross, Prof. S. D., on penile cancer, 230;
  operations, 320

Grotius and the origin of the Peruvians, 46

Guimara, the, 153

Guinzburg, Dr., on Jewish vital statistics, 176

Gumilla and his South American voyages, 47


Haemostatic powders, 160

Hare, Prof. Hobart A., on circumcision, 301

Haskins, Dr. A., on Jewish vital statistics, 176

Heaven, Turkish, 115;
  Buddhist, 116

Hebraic idea of parental origin of constitution of the child, 144

Hebrew Consistory of Paris, 157

Hebrew words in Central American languages, 24

Hebrews, attempts to efface signs of circumcision, 69;
  secretly circumcise their dead, 68;
  Hebrew vital statistics, 169 to 179;
  as proverbial good livers, 171;
  escape epidemics, 173;
  peculiarly free from syphilitic taint, 191;
  their circumcision suitable to young children, 306

Heliogabalus, Emperor, was circumcised, 66

Henry III of France as a Moslem godfather, 64

Henry V of England and the holy prepuce, 71

Heraclius, Emperor, persecuted the Jews, 67

Hermaphrodites, earliest mention of, 117;
  pederasty causes belief in their existence, 118, 119, 120;
  Debierre on, 123;
  notable cases of, 124, 125, 127, 128

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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

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

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