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Holt (1913) reported tubercular ''mohels'' were transmitting tuberculosis to infant boys.<ref>{{REFjournal
Holt (1913) reported tubercular ''mohels'' were transmitting tuberculosis to infant boys.<ref name="holt1913">{{REFjournal
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}}</ref> The [https://www.cdc.gov/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] issued a warning in 2012 about the health implications of this practice, citing 11 cases of neonatal HSV and two recorded fatalities.<ref>{{REFjournal
}}</ref> The [https://www.cdc.gov/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] issued a warning in 2012 about the health implications of this practice, citing 11 cases of neonatal HSV and two recorded [[fatalities]].<ref>{{REFjournal
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  |title=Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Following Jewish Ritual Circumcisions that Included Direct Orogenital Suction — New York City, 2000–2011
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A 2013 review of cases of neonatal [[Herpes]] infections in Israel identified ritual circumcision as the source of HSV-1 transmission in 31.8% of the cases.<ref>{{REFjournal
A 2013 review of cases of neonatal [[Herpes]] infections in [[Israel]] identified ritual circumcision as the source of HSV-1 transmission in 31.8% of the cases.<ref>{{REFjournal
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==Pain==
[[EMLA]] cream topical anesthetic may be purchased without a prescription. [[EMLA]] is almost completely ineffective against the [[pain]] of circumcision,<ref name="lander1997">{{LanderJ etal 1997}}</ref> however it reputedly is popular with ''mohelim''.


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* [[Brit Milah]]
* [[Brit Milah]]
* [[Metzitzah b'peh]]
* [[Metzitzah b'peh]]
* [[Yitzhok Fischer]]
* [[Hershel Goldman]]
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