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'''Epispasm''' is a word derived from ancient Greek, (''επισπασμοσ''), that means circumcision reversal or [[foreskin restoration]]. Epispasm was popular in the First Century among circumcised Jewish men who wanted to appear as Greek.<ref name="hall1992">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Hall | |||
|first=Robert | |||
|author-link= | |||
|title=Epispasm: circumcision in reverse | |||
|journal=Bible Review | |||
|date=1992-08 | |||
|volume= | |||
|issue= | |||
|pages=52-7 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/restoration/hall1/ | |||
|accessdate=2020-07-17 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
Hall (1992) reports that a surgical operation was necessary.<ref name="hall1992" /> | |||
Schultheiss ''et al''. (1998) report that, in an alternative to the surgical procedures, a weight, called the ''Pondus Judaeus'' was attached to the residual foreskin that pulled the skin downward and stretched it which resulted in [[tissue expansion]].<ref name="schultheiss1998">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Schultheiss | |||
|first=Dirk | |||
|author-link= | |||
|last2=Truss | |||
|first2=Michael C. | |||
|author2-link= | |||
|last3=Stief | |||
|first3=Christian G. | |||
|author3-link= | |||
|last4=Jonas | |||
|first4=Udo | |||
|author4-link= | |||
|etal=no | |||
|title=Uncircumcision: a historical review of preputial restoration | |||
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|language= | |||
|journal=Plast Reconstr Surg | |||
|location= | |||
|date=1998-06 | |||
|volume=101 | |||
|issue=7 | |||
|pages=1990-8 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/restoration/schultheiss/ | |||
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|pubmedID= 9623850 | |||
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|DOI=10.1097/00006534-199806000-00037 | |||
|accessdate=2020-07-17 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
The practice of epispasm seems to have persisted from the Second Century B. C. to the Sixth Century A. D.<ref name="hall1992" /> | |||
{{REF}} | |||
[[Category:Foreskin restoration]] | |||
[[Category:Judaism]] | |||
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Epispasm is a word derived from ancient Greek, (επισπασμοσ), that means circumcision reversal or foreskin restoration. Epispasm was popular in the First Century among circumcised Jewish men who wanted to appear as Greek.[1]
Hall (1992) reports that a surgical operation was necessary.[1]
Schultheiss et al. (1998) report that, in an alternative to the surgical procedures, a weight, called the Pondus Judaeus was attached to the residual foreskin that pulled the skin downward and stretched it which resulted in tissue expansion.[2]
The practice of epispasm seems to have persisted from the Second Century B. C. to the Sixth Century A. D.[1]
References
- ↑ a b c
Hall, Robert. Epispasm: circumcision in reverse. Bible Review. August 1992; : 52-7. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ↑ Schultheiss, Dirk, Truss, Michael C., Stief, Christian G., Jonas, Udo. Uncircumcision: a historical review of preputial restoration. Plast Reconstr Surg. June 1998; 101(7): 1990-8. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
