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Early twentieth century: Add Wolbarst.
===Early twentieth century===
Ernest G. Mark (1901) notes that the "pleasurable sensations that are elicited from the extremely sensitive" [[Ridged band| inner lining ]] of the [[foreskin ]] may encourage a child to [[Masturbation| masturbate]], which is why he recommends circumcision since it "lessens the sensitiveness of the organ".<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Mark
|first=Ernest G.
|pages=99-102
|accessdate=2021-10-04
}}</ref>  Abraham L. Wolbarst, M.D., a Jewish New York doctor, apparently considered Holt's paper to be an attack on ritual circumcision or perhaps Judaism. He collected ''opinions'' from other doctors of the alleged value of circumcision for health and published those ''opinions'' as scientific fact in a 1914 ''JAMA'' article.<ref name="wolbarst1914">{{REFjournal |last=Wolbarst |first=Abraham L. |init=AL |author-link= |title=Universal circumcision as a sanitary measure |journal=JAMA |date=1914-1-10 |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=92-97 |url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/453164 |accessdate=2021-10-04}}</ref>
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