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'''Metzitzah b'peh''' is a very dangerous Jewish practice that puts the health of the infant boy at risk from infection. Holt ( | '''Metzitzah b'peh''' is a very dangerous Jewish practice that puts the health of the infant boy at risk from infection. Holt (1913) reported tubercular ''mohelim'' were infecting infant boys with tuberculosis.<ref name="holt2013">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Holt | |last=Holt | ||
|first=L. Emmett | |first=L. Emmett | ||
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|author-link=L. Emmett Holt | |||
|title=Tuberculosis acquired through ritual circumcision | |title=Tuberculosis acquired through ritual circumcision | ||
|journal=JAMA | |journal=JAMA | ||