ED, 200

CHAPTER XVIII.
THE PREPUCE AS AN OUTLAW, AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE GLANS, 206

CHAPTER XIX.
IS THE PREPUCE A NATURAL PHYSIOLOGICAL APPENDAGE? 217

CHAPTER XX.
THE PREPUCE, PHIMOSIS, AND CANCER, 226

CHAPTER XXI.
THE PREPUCE AND GANGRENE OF THE PENIS, 236

CHAPTER XXII.
THE PREPUCE, CALCULI, AND OTHER ANNOYANCES, 248

CHAPTER XXIII.
REFLEX NEUROSES AND THE PREPUCE, 254

CHAPTER XXIV.
DYSURIA, ENURESIS, AND RETENTION OF URINE, 275

CHAPTER XXV.
GENERAL SYSTEMIC DISEASES INDUCED BY THE PREPUCE, 284

CHAPTER XXVI.
SURGICAL OPERATIONS PERFORMED ON THE PREPUCE, 302

NOTES TO TEXT, 323

WORKS AND AUTHORITIES QUOTED, 336

INDEX, 339

INTRODUCTION.

This book is the amplification of a paper, the subject of which was, "A
Plea for Circumcision; or, the Dangers that Arise from the Prepuce,"
which was read at the meeting of the Southern California Medical
Society, at Pasadena, in December, 1889. The material gathered for that
paper was more than could be used in the ordinary limits of a society
paper; it was gathered and ready for use, and this suggested its
arrangement into book form. The subject of the paper was itself
suggested by a long and personal observation of the changes made in man
by circumcision. From the individual observation of cases, it was but
natural to wish to enlarge the scope of our observation and comparison;
this naturally led to a study of the physical characteristics of the
only race that could practically be used for the purpose. This race is
the Jewish race. On carefully studying into the subject, I plainly saw
that much of their longevity could consistently be ascribed to their
more practical humanitarianism, in caring for their poor, their sick, as
well as in their generous provision for their unfortunate aged people.
The social fabric of the Jewish family is also more calculated to
promote long life, as, strangely as it may seem, family veneration and
family love and attachment are far more strong and practical among this
people than among Christians, this sentiment not being even as strong in
the Christian races as it is in the Chinese or Japanese. It certainly
forms as much of a part of the teachings of Christianit