Seeing someone getting circumcised

I have seen numerous infant circumcisions, but when I worked in the Operating Suites years ago, I was present for an adult circumcision. The patient was about 40-something, I remember, but I cannot remember why he was having it done, other than it was for medical reasons. I was not a quick as the infant ones and it took alot of demerol afterwards to keep that patient comfortable the night after the procedure.

As I said in a previous post I've done thirty to forty circumcisions while on a pediatric rotation as a resident. We used the plastibel method. We didn't use any anesthesia either. The infants cried for about twenty seconds after the ligature was tightened. Then they went back to sleep. I don't think it was a very traumatic experience for them. The other residents and I did it as a group effort and told jokes to pass the time. Oh no my bad... I don't mean to trivialize it.

Never gomco clamp?

I am Jewish and in the jewish faith all boys are circumcised usually within the first seven days of being born. There is a gathering of family and friends and a Mohel and or a pediatrician usually does the honors. Many times the one performing the circumcision will put some wine on a cotton ball and let the baby suck on it. So that will really help with any discomfort the baby might have. After all is done the baby has the diaper closed up and dressed and giving to the mother to be comforted. The whole thing can take 15-20 minutes but the grasp, hold, snip and applying gauze takes probably less than a minute.

Shalom!!!!!!!!

I have attended a few brises of friend's children and the whole circumcision is pretty simple and is very quick.

The prayers and blessings take more time than the procedure.

Many times the one performing the circumcision will put some wine on a cotton ball and let the baby suck on it. So that will really help with any discomfort the baby might have. !

I really hope no one really believes that sucking on a dab of wine relieves any discomfort from being cut with a knife.

The only thing that useless addition to the ritual could conceivably relieve would be the consciences of the adults promoting the cutting. So they can pretend to themselves they are not inflicting needless pain.

How about adjusting the amount of wine for an adult's body weight and then propose him getting circumcised with the wine instead of getting proper medical anesthesia? I wonder if anyone at all would accept or think it a good idea. They would probably think a doctor proposing this to be out of his mind.