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}}</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

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}}</ref> Wiswell's retroactive "studies" had serious methodological flaws, however circumcision ~~advocate~~ [[Edgar J. Schoen]] chose to cite these studies in the 1989 AAP Circumcision Policy statement. This started the myth that infant circumcision can prevent urinary tract infection.

}}</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.

* [[United States of America]]

* [[Urinary tract infection]]

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 }}</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
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   |issue=1
   |pages=59-68
-}}</ref> Wiswell's retroactive "studies" had serious methodological flaws, however circumcision advocate [[Edgar J. Schoen]] chose to cite these studies in the 1989 AAP Circumcision Policy statement. This started the myth that infant circumcision can prevent urinary tract infection.
+}}</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.
+* [[United States of America]]
+* [[Urinary tract infection]]
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+[[Category:Author]]
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