Journal Mobile

Author(s): 
D Doyle
Journal Issue: 
Volume 35: Issue 3: 2005

Format

Abstract

 

Circumcision  is  arguably  the  oldest  surgical  procedure, performed since before recorded history.  This paper looks at its history and speculates on why and how it spread; at what it can teach us about the origins of the Bantu tribes of Southern Africa, all of whom practice circumcision, and finally looks at medical aspects of circumcision and its place in developing societies.

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