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====''Medical Perspectives''====
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<br>* {{REFweb* Downloadable PDF file of [ |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/15791911/The-Truth-Seeker-Crimes-of-Genital-Mutilation |title=The Truth Seeker].<br> |last= |first= |accessdate=}}
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[[File:TheTruthSeekerCircumcisionPoem.jpg|thumb|Jul/Aug 1989 issue of The Truth Seeker]]
'''The Truth Seeker''' is an American periodical published beginning in 1873.<ref name=Jacoby>{{REFbook
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|title=Freethinkers: A history of American Secularism
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The July/August 1989 issue of '''The Truth Seeker''' was dedicated to articles about circumcision and genital mutilation. It contains the core proceedings of the [[First International Symposium| First International Symposium on Circumcision]]. It is an early example of [[intactivist]] literature.
[[James W. Prescott]], {{PhD}}, Ph.D. was the editor of ''The Truth Seeker''. He and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]], R. N.{{RN}}, Executive Director of the [[Genital Autonomy America| National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC)]], jointly edited the circumcision issue.
Many articles from ''The Truth Seeker'' have been transcribed elsewhere.
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* [[George C. Denniston]]. First do no harm.
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|title=The Problem of Circumcision in America
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|title=Testimony against circumcision
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==Departments==
* James Harvey Johnson. Superior Men, Chapter IV.
* Acknowledgements and Resources
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''The Truth Seeker'' is available on the Internet in two versions, a digital book edition and a PDF file;
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|title=The Truth Seeker: Crimes of Genital Mutilation (Digital Publication)
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* {{URLwebsite|http://thetruthseeker.net/|2021-01-08}}
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[[Category:Intactivist literature]]