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}}</ref> Something compelled Remondino to write a large 346-page book to extol the alleged virtues and benefits of male circumcision. | }}</ref> Something compelled Remondino to write a large 346-page book to extol the alleged virtues and benefits of male [[circumcision]]. | ||
Remondino's behavior fits the profile of that of a circumcised doctor. If Remondino was circumcised, how would it have occurred? When Remondino was born in Turin in 1846, only Jews circumcised their infant boys, which was done by a ''mohel''. There is some speculation that Remondino was descended from Sephardic Jews, so he may have had a ritual Jewish circumcision. | Remondino's behavior fits the profile of that of a [[circumcised]] doctor. If Remondino was circumcised, how would it have occurred? When Remondino was born in Turin in 1846, only Jews circumcised their infant boys, which was done by a ''[[mohel]]''. There is some speculation that Remondino was descended from Sephardic Jews, so he may have had a ritual Jewish circumcision. | ||
Circumcision of adults became common after [[Lewis Albert Sayre]] (1870) performed a circumcision on a child, claimed a cure for epilepy,<ref>{{REFjournal | Circumcision of adults became common after [[Lewis Albert Sayre]] (1870) performed a circumcision on a child, claimed a cure for epilepy,<ref>{{REFjournal | ||