Lewis Albert Sayre
Lewis Albert Sayre (February 29, 1820 – September 21, 1900) was a leading American orthopedic surgeon of the 19th century. Sayre was a principal founder of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College and of the American Medical Association, of which he was elected vice-president in 1866, and president in 1880.
Sayre is famous for having performed the first male circumcision for medical treatment in the United States. Sayre (1870) published a paper to report his success in curing a boy of paralysis by cirumcision.[1] Sayre (1870) also published a paper to report his success in curing epilepsy by circumcision.[2]
Sayre (1875) published a paper to report that the foreskin causes curvature of the spine, paralysis of the bladder, and clubfoot.[3]
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References
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Sayre, Lewis A.. Partial paralysis from reflex irritation, caused by congenital phimosis and adherent prepuce. Transactions of the American Medical Association. 1870; 21: 205-211.
- ↑ Sayre, Lewis A.. Circumcision versus epilepsy, etc; Transcription of the New York Pathological Society meeting of June 8, 1870. Medical Record. 15 July 1870; 5(10): 231-234.
- ↑ Sayre, Lewis A.. Spinal anaemia with partial paralysis and want of coordination, from irritation of the genital organs. Transactions of the American Medical Association. 1875; 26: 255-274.
