Circumcision: A History of the World's Most Controversial Surgery - Rilegato

Gollaher, David L.

 
9780465043972: Circumcision: A History of the World's Most Controversial Surgery
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ISBN 10: 0465043976 ISBN 13: 9780465043972
Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2000

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From the extraordinarily painful initiation rite of the ancient Egyptians, through the Hebrew purification ritual, through its use by nineteenth-century doctors as prevention for ailments including bedwetting, paralysis, and epilepsy, circumcision has had a long and varied history. Perhaps the greatest mystery, however, is its persistence over time through vastly different social contexts.Historian of medicine David Gollaher takes a comprehensive look at the practice in this lively, scholarly history. Circumcision also addresses the growing controversy over the procedure’s continuance, and those opposing routine circumcision will find support here. Gollaher concludes that “if male circumcision were confined to developing nations, it would by now have emerged as an international cause célèbre.”

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Editore
Basic Books
Data di pubblicazione
2000
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0465043976
ISBN 13 
9780465043972
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
253
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

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9780465026531: Circumcision: A History Of The World's Most Controversial Surgery

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ISBN 10:  0465026532 ISBN 13:  9780465026531
Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2001
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