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Circumcision : a history of the world's most controversial surgery

The Jewish tradition -- Christians and Muslims -- Symbolic wounds -- From ritual to science -- The fabric of the foreskin -- Circumcision and disease: the quest for evidence -- Backlash -- Female circumcision -- Appendix: evaluative research and the nature of medical evidence

Print Book, English, ©2000
Basic Books, New York, ©2000