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== Circumcision promotion ==
In 1953, he and [[Donald C. Snyder]] published an influential paper in the ''American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology'', calling for the [[Routine Infant Circumcision|immediate circumcision of all males straight after birth]]. Ignoring [[Douglas Gairdner|Gairdner]] and relying heavily on the writings of [[Abraham L. Wolbarst|Wolbarst]], they insisted that “[[phimosis]]” required immediate surgical correction, and asserted that [[circumcision]] would “reduce the incidence of [[masturbation|onanism]]”, heighten male libido and “increase longevity and immunity to nearly all physical and mental illness.”
They also stated that [[circumcision]] immediately after birth was convenient for the doctor and in the financial best interests of the hospital. Leading obstetrical textbooks were soon rewritten to include Miller and Snyder’s recommendations.
Spence (1970) reported that immediate circumcision of the newborn resulted in chilling of the infant.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Spence
|first=
|init=GR
|author-link=
|etal=no
|title=Chilling of newborn infants: its relation to circumcision immediately following birth
|journal= South Med J
|date=1970-03
|volume=63
|issue=3
|pages=309-11
|url=https://oce.ovid.com/journals/smeda/197003000/00007611-197003000-00014
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=5415184
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1097/00007611-197003000-00014
|accessdate=2024-05-01
}}</ref> The [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (1971) declared, "There are no valid medical indications for circumcision in the neonatal period."<ref name="aap1971">{{REFbook
|last=Committee on Fetus and Newborn
|year=1971
|title=Standards and Recommendation for Hospital Care of Newborn infants. 5th ed.
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1971
|location=Evanston, IL.
|publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics
|accessdate=2024-05-01
}}</ref>
Immediate circumcision of the newborn is not a current practice in the [[United States]]. Circumcision of boys is losing popularity and is being replaced by [[intactness]].
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{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Alleged reasons for circumcision]]
* [[United States of America]]
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