Belle C. Eskridge
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Belle C. Eskridge, M.D.[a 1], (1859 – 1941 in Monrovia, Los Angeles County, CA, USA[1]), was a clinician at a children's home in Houston, TX. She graduated at the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital in 1891.[2] Eskridge thought that an early circumcision improves girls just as much as boys.[3] So she circumcised all children in her care and found that girls responded to its effects more than boys.[4]
Female circumcision promotion
Eskridge concluded that female circumcision will "relieve one of the greatest causes of masturbation" in girls (see her publication).
Publications
- Eskridge BC. Why not circumcise the girl as well as the boy?. Texas State Journal of Medicine. May 1918; 14: 17-9.
See also
Abbreviations
- ↑
Doctor of Medicine
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 14 June 2021. In the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries, the abbreviation MD is common.
References
- ↑ <
Dr Belle C Eskridge
, Find a Grave. Retrieved 11 October 2021. - ↑
Texas Physicians Historical Biographical Database
, UTSW Library. Retrieved 11 October 2021. - ↑
Girls as well as boys: Texas 1918
, History of Circumcision. Retrieved 11 October 2021. - ↑ Rodriguez SB (2014): Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States: A History of a Medical Treatment. Boydell & Brewer. P. 38. Retrieved 11 October 2021.