tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184356987071638281.post1898356099942584817..comments2024-01-26T08:23:40.649-08:00Comments on Rabbi Avi Billet, Mohel in South Florida: Interesting Portrayal of Adult CircumcisionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184356987071638281.post-50449375397845906662011-05-20T13:42:27.617-07:002011-05-20T13:42:27.617-07:00Glad you enjoyed it.
With regards to the method o...Glad you enjoyed it.<br /><br />With regards to the method of stopping the bleeding, in R. Yehuda Aryeh Modena's <i>Historia de Riti Hebraici</i> (written in the 1630s) he describes the dressing process as follows:<br /><br />"Then doth he clap upon the wound some <i>Sanguis Draconis</i>, Powder of Corall , and other Restringent things, wrapping it about with plaisters of Oyl of Roses ; and so binding it up close, the Child is swathed again." (From the 1650 English translation; >Sanguis Draconis is Dragon's Blood.)<br /><br />====<br /><br />Regarding the manner of stopping the bleeding, although certainly 1844 was already the modern period, it should not be surprising if in some quarters modern medicine yet lagged, even in New York. But as you note since Wallace mentions nothing about long-term bandaging, and most certainly there had to have been some after care, then maybe that was more to it.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com