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The incidence of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision in Australia approached that of the United States in the 1930s through 1960s.  
The incidence of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision in Australia approached that of the United States in the 1930s through 1960s.  


[[Douglas Gairdner]]'s famous, classic 1949 paper, ''The Fate of the Foreskin: A Study of Circumcision'',<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal
[[Douglas Gairdner]]'s famous, classic 1949 paper, ''The Fate of the Foreskin: A Study of Circumcision'',<ref name="gairdner1949">{{:GairdnerDM1949}}</ref> seems to have had no effect in Australia. However, criticism of the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision accelerated in 1967.
|last=Gairdner
|first=Douglas M.
|init=DM
|title=The fate of the foreskin: a study of circumcision
|journal=British Medical Journal
|volume=2
|issue=4642
|pages=1433-1437
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2051968/pdf/brmedj03656-0009.pdf
|quote=
|pubmedID=15408299
|pubmedCID=2051968
|DOI=10.1136/bmj.2.4642.1433
|date=1949
|accessdate=2019-10-28
}}</ref> seems to have had no effect in Australia. However, criticism of the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision accelerated in 1967.


Morgan (1967) criticised non-therapeutic circumcision in a letter published in the ''Medical Journal of Australia''.<ref>{{REFjournal
Morgan (1967) criticised non-therapeutic circumcision in a letter published in the ''Medical Journal of Australia''.<ref>{{REFjournal