Note 79 — Chapter XVII · Some Reasons for Being Circumcised.
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It may well be a question of some interest whether the atrophy of the testicle in the aged may not at times be partly due to the compression exercised by the prepuce on the glans through reflex action, and whether at times the virility that is departing cannot be restored by circumcision in such cases. I have seen such results, being guided to the idea by the Biblical relation in the case of Abraham.