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[[Image:Abraham L. Wolbarst.jpg|right|thumb|Abraham Leo Wolbarst]] | [[Image:Abraham L. Wolbarst.jpg|right|thumb|Abraham Leo Wolbarst]] | ||
'''Abraham Leo Wolbarst''', {{MD}}, ({{LifeData|1872|1952}}) a New York City physician, was a notorious promoter of non-therapeutic neonatal male [[circumcision]]. | '''Abraham Leo Wolbarst''', {{MD}}, ({{LifeData|1872|1952}}) a New York City physician and [[circumcised doctors| circumcised doctor]], was a notorious promoter of harmful non-therapeutic neonatal male [[circumcision]]. | ||
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|title=Universal Circumcision as a Sanitary Measure | |title=Universal Circumcision as a Sanitary Measure | ||
|journal=JAMA | |journal=JAMA | ||
|date=1914- | |date=1914-01-10 | ||
|volume=62 | |volume=62 | ||
|issue=2 | |issue=2 | ||
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This was before the days of evidence-based medicine, when doctors relied on medical ''opinion'', instead of scientific ''evidence''. Wolbarst collected the ''opinions'' of several physicians and published those opinions as evidence for his argument that circumcision prevented diseases. Wolbarst argued that non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision prevented numerous diseases including venereal disease (now known as sexually transmitted disease). | This was before the days of evidence-based medicine, when doctors relied on medical ''opinion'', instead of scientific ''evidence''. Wolbarst collected the ''opinions'' of several physicians and published those opinions as evidence for his argument that circumcision prevented diseases. Wolbarst argued that non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision prevented numerous diseases including venereal disease (now known as sexually transmitted disease). | ||
Skeldon (2008) commented: | Skeldon (2008) commented: | ||
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Wolbarst's article appeared on the eve of World War I. It apparently influenced American military commanders to order [[adult circumcision| circumcision]] of military personnel under their command to prevent venereal diseases and improve military readiness.<ref name=" | Wolbarst's article appeared on the eve of World War I. It apparently influenced American military commanders to order [[adult circumcision| circumcision]] of military personnel under their command to prevent venereal diseases and improve military readiness.<ref name="skeldon2008" /> No statistics exist to document how many men were [[circumcised]] because of Wolbarst's article. | ||
The adoption of circumcision as a prophylactic [[amputation]] by American military services falsely stigmatized the [[foreskin]] as being unhealthy. [[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] (1999) has exhaustively shown that circumcision does not protect against STDs.<ref name="vanhowe1999">{{REFjournal | The adoption of circumcision as a prophylactic [[amputation]] by American military services falsely stigmatized the [[foreskin]] as being unhealthy. [[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] (1999) has exhaustively shown that circumcision does not protect against STDs.<ref name="vanhowe1999">{{REFjournal | ||