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One may be certain that the eighteenth century Founding Fathers of the United States of America were men with [[intact]] [[Foreskin| foreskins]] as were the [[foreskinned]] men who fought the American Civil War (1861-1865).
Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of males for non-religious reasons originated with Claude-Francois Lallemand in 1832 in France but soon spread to the [[United Kingdom]] in the early nineteenth century, but from which it eventually spread to other English-speaking nations.
The first recorded non-religious circumcision of a boy in the United States occurred in 1870 when [[Lewis Albert Sayre]] circumcised a boy of five years of age for paralysis. Sayre then continued to advocate circumcision for numerous reasons until his death in 1900. According to Sayre, circumcision was recommended for paralysis, epilepsy, hernia, lunacy, curvature of the spine, and clubfoot.
Moses (1871) advocated circumcision to prevent [[masturbation]].<ref name="Moses1871">{{REFjournal
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Seventh-day Adventist [[John Harvey Kellogg]], M. D., of Battle Creek, Michigan was an important 19th century promoter of male circumcision. Dr. Kellogg believed that masturbation was immoral, sinful, caused one to think "impure" thoughts, which was harmful to the brain. He believed that the urge to masturbate could be prevented by eating mild foods, for which purpose, he and his brother invented corn flakes.
Dr. Kellogg perhaps is most famous for his book, ''Plain facts for young and old.<ref name="Kellogg1888">{{REFbook
|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19924/19924-h/19924-h.htm
|title=Plain Facts for Old and Young: Natural History and Hygiene of Organic Life (Sex, Marriage & Society Series)
|last=Kellogg
|first=John Harvey
|author-link=John Harvey Kellogg
|publisher=Ayer Publishing
|website=Gutenberg
|year=1888
|accessdate=2021-10-03}}</ref>
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