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}}</ref> USA. Wiswell is a common Jewish surname ([[bias|Why is this important?]]). | }}</ref> USA. Wiswell is a common Jewish surname ([[bias|Why is this important?]]). Wiswell is generally believed to be a [[Circumcised doctors| circumcised doctor]]. | ||
Wiswell now practices medicine in Honolulu, Hawaii, [[USA]]. He is regarded as a promoter of unnecessary, harmful, [[Pain| painful]], [[Trauma| traumatic]] infant [[circumcision]]. | |||
==Myth-maker== | |||
Starting in 1983, he began to produce a series of egregiously flawed studies that falsely claimed [[circumcision]] reduced the incidence of [[urinary tract infection]]s.<ref>{{REFjournal | Starting in 1983, he began to produce a series of egregiously flawed studies that falsely claimed [[circumcision]] reduced the incidence of [[urinary tract infection]]s.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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}}</ref> Wiswell associates with the [[Gilgal Society]],<ref>{{REFbook | }}</ref> Wiswell's retroactive "studies" had serious methodological flaws, however circumcision promoter [[Edgar J. Schoen]] chose to cite these studies in the [https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1989 1989 AAP Circumcision Policy statement]. This started the myth that infant [[circumcision]] can prevent [[urinary tract infection]]. UTI after circumcision is an issue in [[Israel]]. | ||
Wiswell associates with the [[Gilgal Society]],<ref>{{REFbook | |||
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* [[Jake H. Waskett]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Wiswell. | * [[Jake H. Waskett]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Wiswell. | ||
* [[United States of America]] | |||
* [[Urinary tract infection]] | |||
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