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In the long history of genital mutilation aka [[foreskin]] amputation aka [[circumcision]], there have been many alleged reasons why this should be a ''medical procedure''. Please note that some of the alleged medical reasons are rather pseudo-hygienical reasons which should never be solved by cutting off intact body parts.
In the long history of genital mutilation aka [[foreskin]] [[amputation]] aka [[circumcision]], there have been many false alleged reasons why this should be a ''medical procedure''. Please note that some of the alleged medical reasons are rather pseudo-hygienical reasons which should never be solved by cutting off [[intact]] body parts.


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* Paralysis of the bladder - 1875: [[Lewis Albert Sayre|Lewis A. Sayre]]<ref name="Sayre1875"/>
* Paralysis of the bladder - 1875: [[Lewis Albert Sayre|Lewis A. Sayre]]<ref name="Sayre1875"/>


In 1958, [[Christine F. McDonald]] said "the same reasons that apply for the circumcision of males are generally valid when considered for the female."<ref name="McDonald1958">{{McDonald1958}}</ref>
In 1958, [[Christine F. McDonald]] said "the same reasons that apply for the [[circumcision]] of males are generally valid when considered for the female."<ref name="McDonald1958">{{McDonald1958}}</ref>


In 1966, Masters and Johnson erroneous claim that there is no difference in sensitivity between penises with and without foreskin.
In 1966, Masters and Johnson erroneous claim that there is no difference in sensitivity between penises with and without [[foreskin]].
: ({{NOTE}} Their work helps propagate the medical dogma that circumcision has no effect on sexuality go practically unquestioned for nearly the next four decades.)<ref name="MastersJohnson1966">{{REFbook
: ({{NOTE}} Their work helps propagate the medical dogma that circumcision has no effect on sexuality go practically unquestioned for nearly the next four decades.)<ref name="MastersJohnson1966">{{REFbook
  |last=Masters and Johnson
  |last=Masters & Johnson
  |year=1966
  |year=1966
  |title=Human Sexual Response
  |title=Human Sexual Response
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== Cure through [[FGM]] ==
== Cure through [[FGM]] ==
* Adiposity by relieving psychosomatic factors - 1959: [[W. G. Rathmann]]<ref name="Rathmann1959">{{Rathmann1959}}</ref>
* Adiposity by relieving psychosomatic factors - 1959: [[W. G. Rathmann]]<ref name="Rathmann1959">{{Rathmann1959}}</ref>
* Clitoris easier findable by husband - 1959: [[W. G. Rathmann]]<ref name="Rathmann1959"/>
* [[Clitoris]] easier findable by husband - 1959: [[W. G. Rathmann]]<ref name="Rathmann1959"/>
* HIV (in women after FGM) - 2005: [[R. Y. Stallings]]<ref name="Stallings2005">{{Stallings2005}}</ref>
* [[HIV]] (in women after FGM) - 2005: [[R. Y. Stallings]]<ref name="Stallings2005">{{Stallings2005}}</ref>


== Cure through [[MGM]] ==
== Cure through [[MGM]] ==
* Abdominal neuralgia - 1879: [[H. H. Kane]]<ref name="Kane1879">{{Kane1879}}</ref>
* Abdominal neuralgia - 1879: [[H. H. Kane]]<ref name="Kane1879">{{Kane1879}}</ref>
* Bed wetting - 1873: [[Joseph Bell]]<ref name="Bell1873">{{Bell1873}}</ref>, 1930: [[Norton Henry Bare]]<ref name="Bare1930">{{Bare1930}}</ref>
* Bed wetting - 1873: [[Joseph Bell]]<ref name="Bell1873">{{Bell1873}}</ref>, 1930: [[Norton Henry Bare]]<ref name="Bare1930">{{Bare1930}}</ref>
* Blindness - 1890: [[William D. Gentry]]<ref name="Gentry1890">{{REFjournal
* Blindness - 1890: [[William D. Gentry]]<ref name="Gentry1890">{{Gentry1890}}</ref>
|last=Gentry
|first=William D.
|init=WD
|author-link=William D. Gentry
|title=Nervous derangements produced by sexual irregularities in boys
|journal=Medical Current
|date=1890-07
|volume=6
|issue=7
|pages=268-274
}}</ref>
* Deafness - 1890: [[William D. Gentry]]<ref name="Gentry1890"/>
* Deafness - 1890: [[William D. Gentry]]<ref name="Gentry1890"/>
* Dumbness - 1890: [[William D. Gentry]]<ref name="Gentry1890"/>
* Dumbness - 1890: [[William D. Gentry]]<ref name="Gentry1890"/>
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* [[Masturbation]] (newborns) - 1953: [[Richard L. Miller]] and [[Donald C. Snyder]]<ref name="MillerSnyder1953"/>
* [[Masturbation]] (newborns) - 1953: [[Richard L. Miller]] and [[Donald C. Snyder]]<ref name="MillerSnyder1953"/>
* Neuroses (females) - 1915: [[Benjamin E. Dawson]]<ref name="Dawson1915"/>
* Neuroses (females) - 1915: [[Benjamin E. Dawson]]<ref name="Dawson1915"/>
* Nocturnal seminal emissions (i.e. wet dreams) - 1836: [[Claude François Lallemand]]<ref name="Lallemand">{{Lallemand1836}}</ref>, 1879: [[H.H. Kane]]<ref name="Kane1879"/>
* Nocturnal seminal emissions (i.e. wet dreams) - 1836: [[Claude François Lallemand]]<ref name="Lallemand">{{Lallemand1836}}</ref>, 1879: [[H. H. Kane]]<ref name="Kane1879"/>
* Rectal incontinence - 1894: [[H. L. Rosenberry]]<ref name="Rosenberry1894">{{Rosenberry1894}}</ref>
* Rectal incontinence - 1894: [[H. L. Rosenberry]]<ref name="Rosenberry1894">{{Rosenberry1894}}</ref>
* Sensitiveness of the organ - 1901: [[Ernest G. Mark]]<ref name="Mark1901"/>
* Sensitiveness of the organ - 1901: [[Ernest G. Mark]]<ref name="Mark1901"/>
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== Prevention ==
== Prevention ==
* AIDS - 1986: [[Aaron J. Fink]]<ref name="Fink1986">{{REFjournal
* [[AIDS]] - 1986: [[Aaron J. Fink]]<ref name="Fink1986">{{REFjournal
  |last=Fink
  |last=Fink
  |first=Aaron J.
  |first=Aaron J.
  |init=AJ
  |init=AJ
  |author-link=Aaron J. Fink
  |author-link=Aaron J. Fink
  |title=A possible explanation for heterosexual male infection with AIDS
  |title=A possible explanation for heterosexual male infection with [[AIDS]]
  |journal=New England Journal of Medicine
  |journal=New England Journal of Medicine
  |date=1986-10-30
  |date=1986-10-30
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}}</ref>
}}</ref>
* [[Cervical cancer]] (women) - 1951: [[Abraham Ravich]]<ref name="Ravich1951">{{Ravich1951}}</ref>, 1954: [[Ernest L. Wynder]]<ref name="Wynder1954">{{Wynder1954}}</ref>
* [[Cervical cancer]] (women) - 1951: [[Abraham Ravich]]<ref name="Ravich1951">{{Ravich1951}}</ref>, 1954: [[Ernest L. Wynder]]<ref name="Wynder1954">{{Wynder1954}}</ref>
* HIV (in women after FGM) - 2005: [[R. Y. Stallings]]<ref name="Stallings2005"/>
* [[HIV]] (in women after FGM) - 2005: [[R. Y. Stallings]]<ref name="Stallings2005"/>
* HIV 'vaccine' - 2007: [[Robert C. Bailey]]<ref name="Bailey2007">{{REFjournal
* [[HIV]] 'vaccine' - 2007: [[Robert C. Bailey]]<ref name="Bailey2007">{{RCT Bailey et al 2007}}</ref>
|last=Bailey
|first=Robert C.
|init=RC
|author-link=Robert C. Bailey
|title=Male circumcision for HIV prevention for young men in Kisumu, Kenya
|journal=Lancet
|date=2007
|volume=369
|issue=9562
|pages=643-656
}}</ref>
* Inchastity - 1935: [[R. W. Cockshut]]<ref name="Cockshut1935">{{REFjournal
* Inchastity - 1935: [[R. W. Cockshut]]<ref name="Cockshut1935">{{REFjournal
  |last=Cockshut
  |last=Cockshut
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}}</ref>
}}</ref>
* [[Masturbation]] (females) - 1918: [[Belle C. Eskridge]]<ref name="Eskridge1918"/>
* [[Masturbation]] (females) - 1918: [[Belle C. Eskridge]]<ref name="Eskridge1918"/>
* [[Masturbation]] (males) - 1845: Edward H. Dixon<ref name="Dixon">{{REFbook
* [[Masturbation]] (males) - 1845: [[Edward H. Dixon]]<ref name="Dixon">{{Dixon1845}}</ref>, 1871: [[M. J. Moses]] (for Jews)<ref name="Moses1871">{{Moses1871}}</ref>, 1888: [[John Harvey Kellogg]] (as punishment)<ref name="Kellogg1888">{{Kellogg1888}}</ref>, 1969: [[Morris Fishbein]]<ref name="Fishbein1969">{{Fishbein1969}}</ref>
|last=Dixon
|first=Edward H.
|year=1845
|title=A Treatise on Diseases of the Sexual Organs
|pages=158-165
|location=New York
|publisher=Stringer & Co
|accessdate=2011-06-09
}}</ref>, 1871: M.J. Moses (for Jews)<ref name="Moses1871">{{REFjournal
|last=Moses
|init=MJ
|title=The value of circumcision as a hygienic and therapeutic measure
|journal=New York Medical Journal
|date=1871-11
|volume=14
|issue=4
|pages=368-374
}}</ref>, 1888: [[John Harvey Kellogg]] (as punishment)<ref name="Kellogg1888">{{REFbook
|last=Kellogg
|first=John Harvey
|author-link=John Harvey Kellogg
|year=1888
|title=Plain Facts for Old and Young
|url=http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/KelPlai.html
|editor=Project Gutenberg
|edition=1881 edition
|chapter=Treatment for Self-Abuse and Its Effects
|location=Burlington, Iowa
|publisher=F. Segner & Co
|accessdate=2011-03-21
}}</ref>, 1969: [[Morris Fishbein]]<ref name="Fishbein1969">{{REFbook
|last=Fishbein
|first=Morris
|author-link=Morris Fishbein
|year=1969
|title=Modern Home Medical Adviser
|editor=Garden City
|chapter=Sex hygiene
|pages=90+119
|location=New York
|publisher=Doubleday & Co
}}</ref>
* Neonatal group B streptococcal disease - 1988: [[Aaron J. Fink]]<ref name="Fink1988">{{REFjournal
* Neonatal group B streptococcal disease - 1988: [[Aaron J. Fink]]<ref name="Fink1988">{{REFjournal
  |last=Fink
  |last=Fink
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{{REF}}
{{REF}}


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[[Category:Medical condition]]
[[Category:Penile disorders]]
[[Category:Penile disorder]]
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[[Category:Penile function]]
[[Category:Penile illness]]
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