History of circumcision from the earliest times to the present

by P. C. Remondino

[66] “Traité d’Hygiène, publique et privée.” Michel Levy. 2d. edition, vol. ii, page 754.

[67] Ibid.

[68] “Diseases of Modern Life.” B. W. Richardson. Page 19.

[69] “Longevity and other Biostatic Peculiarities of the Jewish Race.” By John Stockton Hough, M.D. New York Med. Record, 1873.

[70] “Vital Statistics of the Jews.” By Dr. John S. Billings. North American Review, No. 1, vol. 152, page 70, January, 1891.

[71] “On Regimen and Longevity.” By John Bell, M.D. Page 13.

[72] British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, vol. xliii, page 539.

[73] Ibid., vol. xlii, page 17.

[74] In “Influence of the Trades on Health,” Thakrah mentions the peculiar exemption enjoyed in this regard by the butcher class. He quotes Tweedie in saying that he never saw a butcher admitted to the fever hospital.

[75] Lancereaux. “Distribution de la Phthisie Pulmonaire.”