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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 wished to appear as Greek.<ref name="hall1992">{{REFjournal

'''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

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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

Schultheiss ''et al''. (1998) report that, in an alternative to the surgical procedures, a weight made of bronze, copper, or leather, 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

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The practice of epispasm seems to have persisted from the Second Century B. C. to the Sixth Century A. D.<ref name="hall1992" />

n Greek terminology, a person who had undergone the procedure of stretching the prepuce was known as ''epispastikós'', the stretched one (epispasmós = pull-over). Similarly, the Romans addressed him as ''recutitio'', the reskinned (cutis = skin), not differentiating by this term whether it was done surgically or nonsurgically.<ref name="schultheiss1998" />

The technique was lost but it was rediscovered in the Twentieth Century by a group of American men who called themselves Brothers United for Future Foreskins ([[BUFF]]}.

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+'''Epispasm''' is a word derived from ancient Greek, (''&epsilon;&pi;&iota;&sigma;&pi;&alpha;&sigma;&mu;&omicron;&sigma;''), that means circumcision reversal or [[foreskin restoration]]. Epispasm was popular in the First Century among circumcised Jewish men who wished to appear as Greek.<ref name="hall1992">{{REFjournal
-'''Epispasm''' is a word derived from ancient Greek, (''&epsilon;&pi;&iota;&sigma;&pi;&alpha;&sigma;&mu;&omicron;&sigma;''), 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
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   |first=Robert
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 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
+Schultheiss ''et al''. (1998) report that, in an alternative to the surgical procedures, a weight made of bronze, copper, or leather, 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
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 }}</ref>
 The practice of epispasm seems to have persisted from the Second Century B. C. to the Sixth Century A. D.<ref name="hall1992" />
+n Greek terminology, a person who had undergone the procedure of stretching the prepuce was known as ''epispastikós'', the stretched one (epispasmós = pull-over). Similarly, the Romans addressed him as ''recutitio'', the reskinned (cutis = skin), not differentiating by this term whether it was done surgically or nonsurgically.<ref name="schultheiss1998" />
+The technique was lost but it was rediscovered in the Twentieth Century by a group of American men who called themselves Brothers United for Future Foreskins ([[BUFF]]}.
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