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'''Metzitzah b'peh''' is the third part of the Jewish ritual circumcision procedure. It is a very dangerous Jewish practice that puts the health of the infant boy at risk from [[infection]]. Holt (1913) reported tubercular ''mohelim'' were infecting infant boys with tuberculosis.<ref name="holt2013">{{REFjournal
|last=Holt
|first=L. Emmett
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Brit Milah]]
* [[Judaism]]
* [[Mohel]]
* [[Penile herpes simplex virus type 1 infection (after Jewish ritual circumcision)]]
* [[Periah]]
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