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What problem did it solve before?

• discreteevent 6y ago
  Hygiene
  • janeroe 6y ago
    That's the modern justification. Surgery "in the middle of a desert in the insanitary conditions and no water" for "hygiene" is a very counter-intuitive practice, don't you think?
    • Layke1123 6y ago
      Wow, I never thought about this. It would be interesting to do a study to see what lead to more disease, child circumcision during that time, or hygiene complications later in life, not to mention and STDs that might be spread more easily. Fascinating new way to look at it.
    • heavenlyblue 6y ago
      What is even more counter-intuitive is to say that ancient wisdom knows more about human health than today’s medicine.
• baby 6y ago
  Disorder in society
  • pjc50 6y ago
    .. how?
• tomasdore 6y ago
  Phimosis, I presume.