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'''William Acton''' (1813–1875)) was a nineteenth century English physician and author from Dorset.
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Acton was influenced by French physician [[Claude François Lallemand]], who recommended [[circumcision]] to prevent spermatorrhea (excessive, involuntary ejaculation), which was then believed to be a disease. Acton quoted Lalemand in his own books.
Acton was influenced by French physician [[Claude François Lallemand]], who recommended [[circumcision]] to prevent spermatorrhea (excessive, involuntary ejaculation), which was then believed to be a disease. Acton quoted Lalemand in his own books.


Acton later devoted his efforts to the suppression of child [[masturbation]], which was then thought to produce phthisis, blindness, insanity, and other disorders. [[Robert Darby]] (2003) wrote:
Acton later devoted his efforts to the suppression of child [[masturbation]], which was then thought to produce phthisis, blindness, insanity, and other disorders. [[Robert Darby]] (2003) wrote:
<blockquote>William Acton's opinion that childhood ought to be a period of "absolute sexual quiescence" was an important influence here. If any manifestation of sexual capacity before puberty was pathological rather than normal, it had to be eliminated, and corrective surgery, including [[circumcision]], was one of the usual means.<ref>{{REFjournal
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|Text=William Acton's opinion that childhood ought to be a period of "absolute sexual quiescence" was an important influence here. If any manifestation of sexual capacity before [[puberty]] was pathological rather than normal, it had to be eliminated, and corrective surgery, including [[circumcision]], was one of the usual means.
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  |year=1851
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  |title=A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Urinary and Generative Organs in Both Sexes
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  |year=1857
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  |title=Prostitution, Considered in Its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects, in London and Other Large Cities and Garrison Towns, with Proposals for the Mitigation and Prevention of Its Attendant Evils
  |title=Prostitution, Considered in Its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects, in London and Other Large Cities and Garrison Towns, with Proposals for the Mitigation and Prevention of Its Attendant Evils
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  |title=The Functions and Disorders of the Reproductive Organs in Childhood, Youth, Adult Age, and Advanced Life: Considered in Their Physiological, Social, and Moral Relations
  |title=The Functions and Disorders of the Reproductive Organs in Childhood, Youth, Adult Age, and Advanced Life: Considered in Their Physiological, Social, and Moral Relations
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* [[United Kingdom]]
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