History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present, by P. C. Remondino, M.D

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Author

Remondino, P. C. (Peter Charles), 1846-1926

Title

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

Original Publication

Philadelphia and London; F. A. Davis; 1891

Credits

Produced by Bryan Ness, LN Yaddanapudi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Million Book Project)

Language

English

LoC Class

GN: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Anthropology

Subject

Circumcision

Category

Text

eBook-No.

23135

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23135

Release Date

October 21, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY OF CIRCUMCISION FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. Antiquity of Circumcision.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. Theories as to the Origin of Circumcision.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. Spread of Circumcision.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. Circumcision Among Savage Tribes.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. Infibulation, Muzzling, and other Curious Practices.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. Attempts to Abolish Circumcision.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. Miracles and the Holy Prepuce .
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. History of Emasculation, Castration, and Eunuchism .
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. Philosophical Considerations Relating to Eunuchism and Medicine.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. Hermaphrodism and Hypospadias.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. Religio Medici.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. Hebraic Circumcision.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. Mezizah, the Fourth or Objectionable Act of Suction.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. What are the Benefits of Circumcision?
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. Predisposition to and Exemption and Immunity from Disease .
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. The Prepuce, Syphilis, and Phthisis .
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. Some Reasons for Being Circumcised.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. The Prepuce as an Outlaw, and its Effects on the Glans.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. Is the Prepuce a Natural Physiological Appendage?
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. The Prepuce, Phimosis, and Cancer.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. The Prepuce and Gangrene of the Penis.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. The Prepuce, Calculi, and Other Annoyances.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. Reflex Neuroses and the Prepuce.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. Dysuria, Enuresis, and Retention of Urine.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. General Systemic Diseases Induced by the Prepuce.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. Surgical Operations Performed on the Prepuce.
31. 31.NOTES TO TEXT.
32. 32.WORKS AND AUTHORITIES QUOTED.
33. 33.INDEX — Transcriber’s Notes & Errata

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