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This mishnah lists defects in a husband (either physical defects or ones related to his profession) that allow the woman to demand a divorce and receive her ketubah.
These are the ones who are forced to divorce [their wives]: one who is afflicted with boils, one who has a polypus, a gatherer [of dog feces for the treatment of hides], a coppersmith or a tanner whether they were [in such a condition] before they married or whether they arose after they had married.
The wife of any husband who has one of the below-listed defects can demand a divorce, whether or not he had them before he was married.
We explore the history of polyps in antiquity from Galen to the medieval period.