John R. Taylor

The late John R. Taylor, MB, Ch.B., MRCPEd, FRCPC, (26 July 1932 in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK – 27 October 2010 in Winnipeg, MB, Canada), a British-Canadian pathologist and biomedical researcher who practiced medicine at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, MB, first used the term "Ridged band" instead of "wrinkly skin" and described the ridged band at the Second International Symposium on Circumcision, organized by NOCIRC in San Francisco, 1991, after examining the foreskins of 22 adults obtained at autopsy. The mean age was 37 years, range 22–58. The prepuces were studied grossly and histologically.

Publications

• Taylor JR, Lockwood AP, Taylor AJ. The prepuce: specialized mucosa of the penis and its loss to circumcision. Br J Urol. 1996; 77: 291-295. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
• Cold CJ, Taylor JR. The prepuce. BJU Int. 1999; 83 Suppl 1: 34-44. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

• Taylor JR. Back and Forth. Pediatrics News. 2000; 34(10): 50. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

See also

• History of circumcision