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1Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA. massry@usc.edu
Abstract:
Circumcision is the oldest documented surgical procedure. Practiced for ritual religious and likely medical purposes, it seems to have emerged in Egypt and was adopted by the western Semitic tribes. In biblical times, circumcision became a religious doctrine described in the Covenant between God and Abraham in the book of Genesis. Although some claim that there are medical advantages to being circumcised, available data do not support a medical benefit for circumcision.
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