Spencer and others say that in the early history of the Christian
religion, St. Paul and his Disciples did not believe in
circumcision, while St. Peter and his followers practiced it.
Spencer mentions that the Abyssinians take a phallic trophy by
circumcision from the enemy's dead body. In his "History of
Circumcision," Remondino says that among the modern Berbers it is
not unusual for a warrior to exhibit virile members of persons he
has slain; he also says that, according to Bergman, the
Israelites practiced preputial mutilations; David brought 200
prepuces of the Philistines to Saul. Circumcision is practiced in
nearly every portion of the world, and by various races,
sometimes being a civil as well as a religious custom. Its use in
surgery is too well known to be discussed here. It might be
mentioned, however, that Rake of Trinidad, has performed
circumcision 16 times, usually for phimosis due to leprous
tuberculation of the prepuce. Circumcision, as practiced on the
clitoris in the female, is mentioned on page 308.
Ceremonial Ovariotomy.--In the writings of Strabonius and
Alexander ab Alexandro, allusion is made to the liberties taken
with the bodies of females by the ancient Egyptians and Lydians.
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