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'''Neil Pollock''' is a [[Circumcised doctors| circumcised surgeon]] and , certified [[mohel]]and avid promoter of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].<ref name='National Post, The 2001-01-22'>{{REFweb
|quote=Dr. Neil Pollock, a Vancouver-area physician who is also a trained mohel designated to perform ritual Jewish circumcisions...
|url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/npost.htm
|date=
|accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> from Vancouver, [[Canada]], whose sole livelihood comes from performing non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]] and vasectomy.<ref name="pollock2011">{{REFweb
|quote=Dr. Pollock limits his practice to only two surgical procedures. Non-therapeutic infant circumcision is one of these procedures. (No-Scalpel No-Needle Vasectomy is the other).
|url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-drpollock.html
=== "Virtually bloodless" ===
While his homepage promises a circumcision that is "virtually bloodless",<ref name="30 second"/> the FAQ page admits that "a small amount of [[bleeding ]] is normal,"<ref>{{REFweb |quote=A small amount of [[bleeding ]] is normal. Take some gauze with Vaseline on it and squeeze the [[bleeding ]] area of the penis with your fingers for two minutes.
|url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-
|title=Frequently Asked Questions
|date=
|accessdate=2011-04-08
}}</ref> The topical anaesthetic only serves to numb the area to lessen the pain of the injection, but studies have shown that a dorsal penile ring block is not always effective in stopping the [[Pain| pain of circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Taeusch
|first=H. William
|date=1986-08
|accessdate=2020-08-07
}}</ref> During the [[circumcision]], the child is given sugar pacifiers to "reduce his pain perceptions",<ref>{{REFweb
|quote=During the circumcision, your son will receive sugar pacifiers to suck on which reduce his pain perceptions.
|url=http://www.pollockclinics.com/circumcision/circumcision-before.html
* [[Canada]]
* [[Pain]]
* [[Trauma]]
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[[Category:Physician]]
[[Category:Pollock group]]
[[Category:Promoter]]
[[Category:Surgeon]]