Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: The Circumcision Decision !!! Message-ID: <905@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 13:38:20 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.905 Posted: Wed Apr 17 13:38:20 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Apr-85 05:42:06 EST References: <288@unc.UUCP> Organization: UW-Madison Primate Center Lines: 14 > If you intend to circumcize your son, it may be better to wait > at least a few days. I've heard that some newborns have problems > with blood clotting during the first few days after birth. > (That may be why Jews wait one week). Vitamin K (blood clotting agent) hits its peak about 7 days after birth. Must be coincidence! -- | Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+-- | Science is Dead. |