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== Circumcision promotion ==

In 1953, he and [[Richard L. Miller]] published an influential paper in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, calling for the [[Routine Infant Circumcision|immediate circumcision of all males straight after birth]]. Ignoring [[Douglas Gairdner|Gairdner]] and relying heavily on the writings of [[Abraham L. Wolbarst|Wolbarst]], they insisted that “[[phimosis]]” required immediate surgical correction, and asserted that [[circumcision]] would “reduce the incidence of [[masturbation|onanism]]”, heighten male libido and “increase longevity and immunity to nearly all physical and mental illness.”

In 1953, he and [[Richard L. Miller]] published an influential paper in the ''American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology'', calling for the [[Routine Infant Circumcision|immediate circumcision of all males straight after birth]]. Ignoring [[Douglas Gairdner|Gairdner]] and relying heavily on the writings of [[Abraham L. Wolbarst|Wolbarst]], they insisted that “[[phimosis]]” required immediate surgical correction, and asserted that [[circumcision]] would “reduce the incidence of [[masturbation|onanism]]”, heighten male libido and “increase longevity and immunity to nearly all physical and mental illness.”

They also stated that [[circumcision]] immediately after birth was convenient for the doctor and in the financial best interests of the hospital. Leading obstetrical textbooks were soon rewritten to include Miller and Snyder’s recommendations.

==Contraindications==

Spence (1970) carried out a large scale study regardig immediate circumcision after birth. They study found that holding the newborn infant in the delivery room for circumcision resulted in chilling of the infant.<ref>{{REFjournal

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}}</ref>The practice of immediate circumcision after birth appears to have fallen into disrepute and may no longer be practiced.

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* [[Alleged reasons for circumcision]]

* [[Child Circumcision: An Elephant in the Hospital]]

* [[Circumcision]]

* [[Human rights]]

* [[Intactivism]]

* [[Obstetricians and the American circumcision scandal]]

* [[United States of America]]

* [[Your Whole Baby]]

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 == Circumcision promotion ==
-In 1953, he and [[Richard L. Miller]] published an influential paper in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, calling for the [[Routine Infant Circumcision|immediate circumcision of all males straight after birth]]. Ignoring [[Douglas Gairdner|Gairdner]] and relying heavily on the writings of [[Abraham L. Wolbarst|Wolbarst]], they insisted that “[[phimosis]]” required immediate surgical correction, and asserted that [[circumcision]] would “reduce the incidence of [[masturbation|onanism]]”, heighten male libido and “increase longevity and immunity to nearly all physical and mental illness.”
+In 1953, he and [[Richard L. Miller]] published an influential paper in the ''American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology'', calling for the [[Routine Infant Circumcision|immediate circumcision of all males straight after birth]]. Ignoring [[Douglas Gairdner|Gairdner]] and relying heavily on the writings of [[Abraham L. Wolbarst|Wolbarst]], they insisted that “[[phimosis]]” required immediate surgical correction, and asserted that [[circumcision]] would “reduce the incidence of [[masturbation|onanism]]”, heighten male libido and “increase longevity and immunity to nearly all physical and mental illness.”
 They also stated that [[circumcision]] immediately after birth was convenient for the doctor and in the financial best interests of the hospital. Leading obstetrical textbooks were soon rewritten to include Miller and Snyder’s recommendations.
+==Contraindications==
+Spence (1970) carried out a large scale study regardig immediate circumcision after birth. They study found that holding the newborn infant in the delivery room for circumcision resulted in chilling of the infant.<ref>{{REFjournal
+ |last=Spence
+ |first=George R.
+ |init=
+ |author-link=
+ |etal=no
+ |title=Chilling of newborn infants: its relation to circumcision immediately following birth
+ |trans-title=
+ |language=
+ |journal=South Med J
+ |location=
+ |date=1970-03
+ |season=
+ |volume=63
+ |issue=3
+ |article=
+ |page=
+ |pages=309-11
+ |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/spence1/
+ |archived=
+ |quote=
+ |pubmedID=5415184
+ |pubmedCID=
+ |DOI=10.1097/00007611-197003000-00014
+ |accessdate=2022/07/21
+}}</ref>The practice of immediate circumcision after birth appears to have fallen into disrepute and may no longer be practiced.
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 * {{MillerSnyder1953}}
+{{SEEALSO}}
+* [[Alleged reasons for circumcision]]
+* [[Child Circumcision: An Elephant in the Hospital]]
+* [[Circumcision]]
+* [[Human rights]]
+* [[Intactivism]]
+* [[Obstetricians and the American circumcision scandal]]
+* [[United States of America]]
+* [[Your Whole Baby]]
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 {{REF}}
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 [[Category:Physician]]
 [[Category:Promoter]]
+[[Category:Author]]
 [[Category:USA]]
+[[de:{{FULLPAGENAME}}]]