Claude François Lallemand
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Claude François Lallemand (26 January 1790 in Metz, France – 25 August 1854 in Marseille, France) was a French physician.
Circumcision promotion
In 1836, Lallemand circumcised a patient to cure him from nocturnal seminal emissions (i.e. wet dreams). So he recommended circumcision as a treatment for spermatorrhea (excessive, involuntary ejaculation), which was then believed to be a disease. Lallemand influenced later English physicians such as William Acton.[1]
Publications
Lallemand CF ((1):1836; (2):1839; (3):1842): [Des Pertes Seminales Involontaires]. [Involuntary Seminal Losses] (French). Vol. 1-3. London: H. Dumont. Pp. (1):463-7; (2):70-162; (3):266-7, 280-9. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
External links
Wikipedia article: Claude François Lallemand. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
Dulieu L. Claude-François Lallemand (1790-1854) [Biography in French]. Rev Hist Sci (Paris). April 1975; 28(2): 125-38. PMID.
References
- ↑ Darby R. Pathologizing Male Sexuality: Lallemand, Spermatorrhea, and the Rise of Circumcision. J Hist Med Allied Sci. July 2005; 60(3): 283-319. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 4 September 2021.