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While Jews reding in the UK practiced [[Jewish circumcision| ritual circumcision]] of boys on the eighth day of life in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], the practice was nearly unknown among gentiles.

French physician Claude-François Lallemand (1790-1854) recommended circumcision as a treatment for spermatorrhea (excessive, involuntary ejaculation), which was then believed to be a disease. Lallemand influenced later English physicians such as William Acton.<ref name="darby2005">{{REFjournal

French physician Claude-François Lallemand (1790 – 1854) recommended circumcision as a treatment for spermatorrhea (excessive, involuntary ejaculation), which was then believed to be a disease. Lallemand influenced later English physicians such as William Acton.<ref name="darby2005">{{REFjournal

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Edward H. Dixon (1845) advocated circumcision to prevent [[masturbation]].<ref name="Dixon1845">{{REFbook

|last=Dixon

|first=Edward H.

|year=1845

|title=A Treatise on Diseases of the Sexual Organs

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|volume=

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|pages=158-165

|location=New York

|publisher=Stringer & Co

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 While Jews reding in the UK practiced [[Jewish circumcision| ritual circumcision]] of boys on the eighth day of life in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], the practice was nearly unknown among gentiles.
-French physician Claude-François Lallemand (1790-1854) recommended circumcision as a treatment for spermatorrhea (excessive, involuntary ejaculation), which was then believed to be a disease. Lallemand influenced later English physicians such as William Acton.<ref name="darby2005">{{REFjournal
+French physician Claude-François Lallemand (1790 – 1854) recommended circumcision as a treatment for spermatorrhea (excessive, involuntary ejaculation), which was then believed to be a disease. Lallemand influenced later English physicians such as William Acton.<ref name="darby2005">{{REFjournal
   |last=Darby
   |first=Robert
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   |DOI=10.1093/jhmas/jri042
   |accessdate=2021-09-04
+}}</ref>
+Edward H. Dixon (1845) advocated circumcision to prevent [[masturbation]].<ref name="Dixon1845">{{REFbook
+ |last=Dixon
+ |first=Edward H.
+ |year=1845
+ |title=A Treatise on Diseases of the Sexual Organs
+ |url=
+ |work=
+ |editor=
+ |edition=
+ |volume=
+ |chapter=
+ |pages=158-165
+ |location=New York
+ |publisher=Stringer & Co
+ |isbn=
+ |quote=
+ |accessdate=2011-06-09
+ |note=
 }}</ref>