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'''Aposthia''' is a term that refers to the rare condition of being born without a [[foreskin]]. | '''Aposthia''' is a term that refers to the rare condition of being born without a [[foreskin]]. | ||
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, E. S. Talbot claimed in ''Medicine'' that aposthia among Jews was evidence for the now-discredited Lamarckian theory of evolution.<ref>E. S. Talbot | Toward the end of the nineteenth century, E. S. Talbot claimed in ''Medicine'' that aposthia among Jews was evidence for the now-discredited Lamarckian theory of evolution.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
|first=E.S. | |||
|last=Talbot | |||
|title=Inheritance of circumcision effects | |||
|journal=Medicine | |||
|date=1898 | |||
}}</ref> It is likely that the cases he described were actually [[hypospadias]], a condition in which the urinary meatus is on the underside of the penis. | |||
== Aposthia in Judaism == | == Aposthia in Judaism == | ||
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* Amin-Ud-Din M | * {{REFjournal | ||
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|last2=Salam | |||
|first2=A. | |||
|last3=Rafiq | |||
|first3=M.A. | |||
|last4=Khaliq | |||
|first4=I. | |||
|last5=Ansar | |||
|first5=M. | |||
|last6=Ahmad | |||
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|url=http://www.emro.who.int/Publications/emhj/1302/article7.htm | |||
|title=Aposthia: a birth defect or normal quantitative recessive human genetic trait? | |||
|journal=East Mediterr Health J. | |||
|date=March-April 2007 | |||
|volume=13 | |||
|issue=2 | |||
|pages=280-286 | |||
}} | |||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||