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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' from Menominee, {{USSC|MI}}, was an {{MD}}
In 1894, he published a paper "proving" that [[circumcision ]] cures urinary and rectal incontinence.
After noting the long [[foreskin ]] on a boy with incontinence of [[urine]] and faeces, he concluded "that the child should be [[circumcised ]] without delay, as that might account for the dribbling of the [[urine]]”.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://15square.org.uk/medical-history-of-infant-circumcision-the-1800s/
|title=Medical History Of Infant Circumcision: The 1800’s
}}</ref>
[[Eleanor Self ]] (2016) notes that Dr. Rosenberry’s recounted the way in which circumcising a young boy cured his incontinence. He then makes it clear that he is “at a loss to explain the process but simply relate[s] it as fact.” By using his own experiences to explain the merits of [[circumcision]], Rosenberry helps with our understanding of how medical professionals of the time made the case for [[Routine Infant Circumcision|routine neonatal circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal
|url=https://journals.troy.edu/index.php/test/article/view/386/302
|title=The Rise of Circumcision in Victorian America
|first=Eleanor
|last=Self
|author-link=Eleanor Self
|journal=The Alexandrian
|volume=5
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