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* [[Hershel Goldman]] of Melbourne, [[Australia]], who amputated the [[penis]] of two boys while performing [[Brit Milah]]. | * [[Hershel Goldman]] of Melbourne, [[Australia]], who amputated the [[penis]] of two boys while performing [[Brit Milah]]. | ||
==Xhosa circumcision== | ==Xhosa circumcision== | ||
The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa is the home of the Xhosa people. The culture of the Xhosa includes many traditional practices, including a rite of passage to manhood called ''Ulwaluko''. Ulwaluko includes a circumcision by a traditional practitioner. The circumcisions are not performed in accordance with modern medical practice. They are notorious for loss of penile skin, infection, gangrene, '''total loss of the penis''', and even [[death]].<ref>{{REFweb | The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa is the home of the Xhosa people. The culture of the Xhosa includes many traditional practices, including a rite of passage to manhood called ''Ulwaluko''. Ulwaluko includes a circumcision by a traditional practitioner. The circumcisions are not performed in accordance with modern medical practice. They are notorious for loss of penile skin, [[infection]], [[gangrene]], '''total loss of the penis''', and even [[death]].<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/1996-07-19SouthAfrica/ | |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/1996-07-19SouthAfrica/ | ||
|title=Initiation horror as four dead | |title=Initiation horror as four dead | ||