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Arch Dermatol. 1999;135:772.

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VOL. XVII.

JULY, 1899.

NO. 7.

Correspondence.

CIRCUMCISION-SYPHILIS.

EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS AND GENITO-URINARY DISEASES:

In perusing the June number of your valuable Journal, the article, entitled "The Youngest Case of Initial Lesions of Syphilis," drew my attention. In my surgical experience of several years at the Good Samaritan Dispensary I can recall several cases of syphilis in infants, where the initial lesion appeared on the penis, at ages ranging from twenty-one days upwards. On questioning the parents, as to when these sores were first observed, a somewhat similar history was obtained, which was that they appeared after circumcision. On making inquires among the orthodox Jewish population, I discovered that certain rabbis of the old school, who perform the Mosaic rites of circumcision, used the mouth as a means of stopping hemorrhage. Mucous patches in the mouth of these venerable (venereal) gentleman come in contact with the raw . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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