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 (No. 11 in the Physicians' and Students' Ready Reference Series)
Philadelphia: The F. A. Davis Company, Publishers, 1900. Hardcover. 8vo. x, 346pp. Original green cloth with blind-stamped borders and gold lettering on the spine. Frontispiece illustration of a Hebraic circumcision from a 16th century Italian print. A history of circumcision that takes a highly sympathetic view of the practice and urges its practice on medical grounds. The non-Jewish author served as a surgeon in the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War as well as on the San Diego Board of Health. Inscription from pervious owner on title page. Head and tail of spine bumped and rubbed. Wear to corners. Overall in good condition. g. Item #35877
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