title: [Surgical intervention against overpopulation: Professor Weinhold's foreskin infibulation].
abstract: One of the most bizarre and forgotten suggestions to have developed from the discussion of pauperism in the 19th century was the infibulation of the impoverished men. A communication in 1827 from the Halle professor of surgery, Carl August Weinhold (1782-1829), raised indignation and caused ironic as well as angry reactions. Despite such a heated response, Weinhold's proposed method of population control soon fell into oblivion, a fate considered by this contemporaries as "highly desirable".
authors.affiliation: Medizinhistorischen Museums, Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mörgeli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003275:Contraceptive Devices, Male / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery; D011155:Population Control / Q000266:history*; D011203:Poverty / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Chirurgischer Eingriff gegen die Ubervölkerung: Professor Weinholds Vorhaut-Infibulation.