The surgery of ritual circumcision / by Jacob Snowman.

  • Jacob Snowman
Date:
1929
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Credit: The surgery of ritual circumcision / by Jacob Snowman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the abdomen of the infant, and the otlier part away from it. In this way the circumcision will take off the foreskin in a quill shape, and it will leaA’^e a sufficient amount of skin on the under surface of the penis. If this precaution is not observed there is a great risk of denuding the under surface of the skin almost as far as the scrotum. Stage IV. The knife is then taken in the right hand and with one sweep along the shield the foreskin is amputated. The knife must be handled firmly, and the cut made from the heel. The cut circular edge of the skin immediately retracts behind the corona, though on the under surface the amount of skin remaining may fall short of this level. Stage V. The amputated foreskin and the knife are now put aside, the shield having already fallen off. The Mohel will now, at a glance, observe the disposition of the mucous mem- brane covering the glans. He insinuates the nail of one thumb under its edge, and seizes it between the nail and the index finger. When this is grasped the man- oeuvre is repeated with the thumbnail and index finger of the other hand, keeping the two hands close together. Before proceed-
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