The surgery of ritual circumcision / by Jacob Snowman.

  • Snowman, Jacob, 1871-
Date:
1929
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Credit: The surgery of ritual circumcision / by Jacob Snowman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ing further, the Mohel must be sure that he has a firm hold of the membrane. The next step is to tear the membrane down in the centre, until the prominent edge of the corona is exposed. This tearing may be completed with one movement of the hands, but if the membrane is long more than one movement may be required to tear it through completely. When the neck below the corona is seen, the filaps are reflected laterally backwards, so that the torn edges of the mucous mem- brane may join the cut edge of the skin. Care must be taken that the membrane is peeled off as far as possible (i.e. till its junction with the fraenum) from the under surface of the gians and reflected directly backwards so as to unite with the cut edge of the skin. The essence of the operation consists in the proper performance of this stage. If not performed efficiently the resulting cir- cumcision is very imperfect. The mistakes usually m.ade by beginners are as follows 1) The mucous membrane is stretched with- out being torn through ; the gians then projects completely giving the impression