Circumcision
From Dr C. H. C. Thomas Sir: I enjoy the articles by John Linklater in your publication but feel I must remind him that the story goes — "first the bad news, then the good news:" In his recent discussion on circumsion headed 'Forewarned or Foreskinned' (May 4) he was at pains to describe the delicate advantages of circumcision but less than fair to omit forewarning his readers that the incidence of impotency in men who have been circumcised is far greater than in those who have not.
I admit sadly, that in the majority even this fundamental organ has leanings towards the left but when one is discussing the subject medically rather than politically it is important to try and remain completely unbiased! C. H. C. Thomas Medical Department, Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa, 44 Main Street, Johannesburg.
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