The Barbarity of Circumcision as a Remedy for Congenital Abnormality

AS A REMEDY FOR
CONGENITAL ABNORMALITY
By HERBERT SNOW, M.D. Lond. &c.
SURGEON TO THE CANCER HOSPITAL
LONDON J. & A. CHURCHILL 11 NEW BURLINGTON STREET 1890
To state that the object of this little work is to 'put down Circumcision' under the circumstances indicated, would, besides savouring of unpardonable arrogance, irresistibly suggest analogy to the example of a too famous alderman, who was determined to 'put down Suicide.'
If, however, the facts and arguments therein set forth contribute in some small measure towards the abolition of an antiquated practice involving the infliction of very considerable suffering upon helpless infants; and sanctioned, on extremely questionable grounds, by men of eminent authority; the following pages will not have been written in vain.
More evil is wrought by want of thought,
Than comes from want of heart.
Gloucester Place, Portman Square: October 1890 .