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A similar device was previously described by Galen, a round object in the form of a little lead spout. The skin of the posthe would be stretched over the exterior of this spout and secured with a soft leather cord.
[[Foreskin restoration]] was evidently common enough for those who underwent it to have a name, ''epispastikós '' ("stretched one") in Greece and ''recutitio '' ("re-skinned") in Rome.
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