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Dr. Kellogg perhaps is most famous for his book, ''Plain facts for young and old'' (1879), in which he advocated circumcision of boys as punishment for masturbation.<ref name="kellogg1879" />
Dr. [[William D. Gentry]] alleged that phimosis in boys produces serious nervous derangements.<ref name="gentry1890">{{REFjournal
|last=Gentry
|first=William D.
|init=WD
|author-link=William D. Gentry
|title=Nervous Derangements Produced by Sexual Irregularities in Boys
|journal=Medical Current
|date=1890-07
|volume=6
|issue=7
|pages=268-74
}}</ref>
[[Elizabeth Blackwell]], ̣̻{{MD}}, ({{LifeData|1821|1910}}), born in England, but attended medical school in the United States. She was the first woman to become a medical doctor in the United States. Blackwell thought masturbation was immoral but that circumcision was not the way to correct it. She wrote against it in her 1894 book: