In ancient Egypt the performance of circumcision was at one time limited to the priesthood, who, in addition to the cleanliness that this operation imparted to that class, added the shaving of the whole body as a means of further purification. The nobility, royalty, and the higher warrior class seem to have adopted circumcision as well, either as a hygienic precaution or as an aristocratic prerogative and insignia. Among the Greeks we find a like practice, and we are told that in the times of Pythagoras the Greek philosophers were also circumcised, although we find no mention that the operation went beyond the intellectual class.
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Table of contents
- History of Circumcision
- PREFACE.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER I.Antiquity of Circumcision.
- CHAPTER II.Theories as to the Origin of Circumcision.
- CHAPTER III.Spread of Circumcision.
- CHAPTER IV.Circumcision Among Savage Tribes.
- CHAPTER V.Infibulation, Muzzling, and other Curious Practices.
- CHAPTER VI.Attempts to Abolish Circumcision.
- CHAPTER VII.Miracles and the Holy Prepuce.
- CHAPTER VIII.History of Emasculation, Castration, and Eunuchism.
- CHAPTER IX.Philosophical Considerations Relating to Eunuchism and Medicine.
- CHAPTER X.Hermaphrodism and Hypospadias.
- CHAPTER XI.Religio Medici.
- CHAPTER XII.Hebraic Circumcision.
- CHAPTER XIII.Mezizah, the Fourth or Objectionable Act of Suction.
- CHAPTER XIV.What are the Benefits of Circumcision?
- CHAPTER XV.Predisposition to and Exemption and Immunity from Disease.
- CHAPTER XVI.The Prepuce, Syphilis, and Phthisis.
- CHAPTER XVII.Some Reasons for Being Circumcised.
- CHAPTER XVIII.The Prepuce as an Outlaw, and its Effects on the Glans.
- CHAPTER XIX.Is the Prepuce a Natural Physiological Appendage?
- CHAPTER XX.The Prepuce, Phimosis, and Cancer.
- CHAPTER XXI.The Prepuce and Gangrene of the Penis.
- CHAPTER XXII.The Prepuce, Calculi, and Other Annoyances.
- CHAPTER XXIII.Reflex Neuroses and the Prepuce.
- CHAPTER XXIV.Dysuria, Enuresis, and Retention of Urine.
- CHAPTER XXV.General Systemic Diseases Induced by the Prepuce.
- CHAPTER XXVI.Surgical Operations Performed on the Prepuce.
- NOTES TO TEXT.
- Notes
- Copyright
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