History of Circumcision From the Earliest Times to Present, Moral and Physical Reasons for Its Performance with a History of Eunuchism, Hermaphrodism, Etc., and of the Different Operations Practiced Upon the Prepuce (Ready Reference Series No. 11)

x, 346 pp. 4 facsimile pages from Stanton's Practical and Scientific Physiognomy, plus 20-page publisher catalog, bound in. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; Antiquity of Circumcision; Theories as to the Origin of Circumcision; Spread of Circumcision; Circumcision Among Savage Tribes; Infibulation, Muzzling, and Other Curious Practices; Attempts to Abolish Circumcision; Miracles and the Holy Prepuce; History of Emasculation, Castration, and Eunuchism; Philosophical Considerations Relating to Eunuchism and Medicine; Hermaphrodism and Hypospadias; Religio Medici; Herbaic Circumcision; Mezizah, The Fourth or Objectionable Act of Suction; What are the Benefits of Circumcision?; Predisposition to and Exemption and Immunity from Disease; Prepuce, Syphilis, and Phthisis; Some Reasons for Being Circumcised; Prepuce as an Outlaw and Its Effects on the Glans; Is the Prepuce a Natural Physiological Appendage?; Prepuce, Phimosis, and Cancer; Prepuce and Gangrene of the Penis; Prepuce, Calculi and other Annoyances; Reflex Neuroses and the Prepuce; Dysuria, Enuresis, and Retention of Urine; General Systemic Diseases Induced by the Prepuce; Surgical Operations Performed on the Prepuce; Notes to Text; Works and Authorities Quoted; Index.