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

See also

Abbreviations

  1. REFweb Doctor of Medicine, Wikipedia. Retrieved 14 June 2021. In the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries, the abbreviation MD is common.

References

  1. <REFweb Dr Belle C Eskridge, Find a Grave. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. REFweb Texas Physicians Historical Biographical Database, UTSW Library. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. REFweb Girls as well as boys: Texas 1918, History of Circumcision. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. REFbook 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.