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January 06, 2006
New York City Campaigns Against Mohels Sucking The Blood From Circumcision Wounds
...in the wake of a Herpes-infected mohel passing the disease on to a child, leading to the child's death.
They say sucking the blood from a circumscision wound "cleans it."
This is weird. This is the first time I ever heard of this. Sucking the blood from a baby's wee-wee after a circumcision? Is this really necessary? Who the hell thought of this? And, more importantly, who was the second guy to say, "Yeah, I think that's a really great idea!"
Also being hotly debated: the age-old custom of giving an infant an "around-the-world" circumcision for an extra $50.
Thanks to the A-Man. Sort of. I did not need to read about this.