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Nathaniel Heckford, a pediatrician at the East London Hospital for Children, wrote ''Circumcision as a Remedial Measure in Certain Cases of Epilepsy, Chorea, etc''. (1865), in which he argued that circumcision acted as an effective remedial measure in the prevention of certain cases of epilepsy and chorea.<ref name="heckford1865!>{{REFjournal |last=Heckford |first=Nathaniel |init=N |title=Circumcision as a remedial measure in certain cases of epilepsy and chorea |journal=Clinical Lectures and Reports by the Medical and Surgical Staff of the London Hospital |date=1865 |volume=2 |issue= |pages=58-64 |url= |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=}}</ref>