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In the long history of genital mutilation aka [[foreskin]] amputation aka [[circumcision]], there have been many alleged reasons why this should be a ''medical procedure''. | In the long history of genital mutilation aka [[foreskin]] amputation aka [[circumcision]], there have been many alleged reasons why this should be a ''medical procedure''. Please note that some of the alleged medical reasons are rather pseudo-hygienical reasons which should never be solved by cutting off intact body parts. | ||
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== Foreskin causes == | == Foreskin causes == | ||
* | * Clubfoot - 1875: [[Lewis Albert Sayre|Lewis A. Sayre]]<ref name="Sayre1875">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Sayre | |last=Sayre | ||
|first=Lewis A. | |first=Lewis A. | ||
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|pages=255-274 | |pages=255-274 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Crossed eyes - 1886: William G. Eggleston<ref name="Eggleston1886">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Eggleston | |last=Eggleston | ||
|first=William G. | |first=William G. | ||
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|pages=511-515 | |pages=511-515 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Curvature of the spine - 1875: [[Lewis Albert Sayre|Lewis A. Sayre]]<ref name="Sayre1875"/> | ||
* | * Dirt under the [[foreskin]] in newborns - 1941: Allan F. Guttmacher<ref name="Guttmacher1941">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Guttmacher | |last=Guttmacher | ||
|first=Allan F. | |first=Allan F. | ||
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|issue=9 | |issue=9 | ||
|pages=26,76-78 | |pages=26,76-78 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Epilepsy - 1902: Roswell Park<ref name="Park1902">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Park | |last=Park | ||
|first=Roswell | |first=Roswell | ||
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|issue=21 | |issue=21 | ||
|pages=807-809 | |pages=807-809 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* [[ | * [[Masturbation]] (females) - 1918 Belle Eskridge<ref name="Eskridge1918">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Eskridge | |last=Eskridge | ||
|first=Belle C. | |first=Belle C. | ||
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|pages=17-19 | |pages=17-19 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* [[ | * [[Masturbation]] (males) - 1891: [[Jonathan Hutchinson]]<ref name="Hutchinson1891">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Hutchinson | |last=Hutchinson | ||
|first=Jonathan | |first=Jonathan | ||
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|accessdate= | |accessdate= | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* [[ | * [[Masturbation]] (newborns) - 1953: R.L. Miller and D.C. Snyder<ref name="MillerSnyder1953">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Miller | |last=Miller | ||
|init=RL | |init=RL | ||
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|pages=1-11 | |pages=1-11 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Neuroses (females) - 1915: Benjamin E. Dawson | ||
* | * Paralysis of the bladder - 1875: [[Lewis Albert Sayre|Lewis A. Sayre]]<ref name="Sayre1875"/> | ||
In 1958, C.F. McDonald said "the same reasons that apply for the circumcision of males are generally valid when considered for the female."<ref name="McDonald1958">{{REFjournal | In 1958, C.F. McDonald said "the same reasons that apply for the circumcision of males are generally valid when considered for the female."<ref name="McDonald1958">{{REFjournal | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
== Cure through FGM == | == Cure through [[FGM]] == | ||
* | * Clitoris easier findable by husband - 1959: W.G. Rathmann<ref name="Rathmann1959">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Rathmann | |last=Rathmann | ||
|init=WG | |init=WG | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
== Cure through MGM == | == Cure through [[MGM]] == | ||
* | * Abdominal neuralgia - 1879: H.H. Kane<ref name="Kane1879">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Kane | |last=Kane | ||
|init=HH | |init=HH | ||
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|pages=8-11 | |pages=8-11 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Bed wetting - 1873: Joseph Bell<ref name="Bell1873">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Bell | |last=Bell | ||
|first=Joseph | |first=Joseph | ||
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|page=1034 | |page=1034 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Blindness - 1890: William D. Gentry<ref name="Gentry1890">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Gentry | |last=Gentry | ||
|first=William D. | |first=William D. | ||
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|pages=268-274 | |pages=268-274 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Deafness - 1890: William D. Gentry<ref name="Gentry1890"/> | ||
* | * Dumbness - 1890: William D. Gentry<ref name="Gentry1890"/> | ||
* | * Epilepsy - 1865: Nathaniel Heckford<ref name="Heckford1865">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Heckford | |last=Heckford | ||
|first=Nathaniel | |first=Nathaniel | ||
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|issue=10 | |issue=10 | ||
|pages=231-234 | |pages=231-234 | ||
}}</ref>, 1902: Roswell Park<ref name="Park1902"/>, 1930: Norton Henry Bare<ref name="Bare1930">{{REFjournal | }}</ref>, 1902: Roswell Park<ref name="Park1902"/>, 1930: Norton Henry Bare<ref name="Bare1930">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Bare | |last=Bare | ||
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|pages=1109-1113 | |pages=1109-1113 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Eye problems believed to be caused by [[masturbation]] - 1881: Maximillian Landesburg<ref name="Landesburg1881">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Landesburg | |last=Landesburg | ||
|first=Maximillian | |first=Maximillian | ||
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|pages=79-81 | |pages=79-81 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Immunity to nearly all physical and mental illness - 1953: R.L. Miller and D.C. Snyder<ref name="MillerSnyder1953">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Miller | |last=Miller | ||
|init=RL | |init=RL | ||
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|pages=1-11 | |pages=1-11 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* [[ | * [[Masturbation]] (newborns) - 1953: R.L. Miller and D.C. Snyder<ref name="MillerSnyder1953"/> | ||
* | * Neuroses (females) - 1915: Benjamin E. Dawson<ref name="Dawson1915">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Dawson | |last=Dawson | ||
|first=Benjamin E. | |first=Benjamin E. | ||
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|pages=520-523 | |pages=520-523 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Nocturnal seminal emissions (i.e. wet dreams) - 1832: Claude-Francois Lallemand<ref name="Lallemand">{{REFbook | ||
|last=Lallemand | |last=Lallemand | ||
|first=Claude-Francois | |first=Claude-Francois | ||
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|accessdate=2011-06-09 | |accessdate=2011-06-09 | ||
}}</ref>, 1879: H.H. Kane<ref name="Kane1879"/> | }}</ref>, 1879: H.H. Kane<ref name="Kane1879"/> | ||
* | * Rectal incontinence - 1894: H.L. Rosenberry<ref name="Rosenberry1894">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Rosenberry | |last=Rosenberry | ||
|init=HL | |init=HL | ||
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|page=173 | |page=173 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Sensitiveness of the organ - 1901: Ernest G. Mark<ref name="Mark1901"/> | ||
* | * Urinary incontinence - 1894: H.L. Rosenberry<ref name="Rosenberry1894"/> | ||
== Prevention == | == Prevention == | ||
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|pages=1490-1491 | |pages=1490-1491 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Cancer of the bladder - 1971: Abraham Ravich<ref name="Ravich1971">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Ravich | |last=Ravich | ||
|first=Abraham | |first=Abraham | ||
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|pages=1493-1496 | |pages=1493-1496 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Cancer of the rectum - 1971: Abraham Ravich<ref name="Ravich1971"/> | ||
* | * Cancer of the tongue - 1949: Eugene H. Hand<ref name="Hand1949">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Hand | |last=Hand | ||
|first=Eugene H. | |first=Eugene H. | ||
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|pages=341-346 | |pages=341-346 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* [[ | * [[Cervical cancer]] (women) - 1951: Abraham Ravich<ref name="Ravich1951">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Ravich | |last=Ravich | ||
|first=Abraham | |first=Abraham | ||
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|pages=643-656 | |pages=643-656 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Inchastity - 1935: [[R. W. Cockshut]]<ref name="Cockshut1935">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Cockshut | |last=Cockshut | ||
|init=RW | |init=RW | ||
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|page=764 | |page=764 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* [[ | * [[Masturbation]] (females) - 1918: Belle Eskridge<ref name="Eskridge1918"/> | ||
* [[ | * [[Masturbation]] (males) - 1845: Edward H. Dixon<ref name="Dixon">{{REFbook | ||
|last=Dixon | |last=Dixon | ||
|first=Edward H. | |first=Edward H. | ||
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|publisher=Doubleday & Co | |publisher=Doubleday & Co | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Neonatal group B streptococcal disease - 1988: [[Aaron J. Fink]]<ref name="Fink1988">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Fink | |last=Fink | ||
|first=Aaron J. | |first=Aaron J. | ||
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|pages=534-535 | |pages=534-535 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Nervousness - 1969: Morris Fishbein<ref name="Fishbein1969"/> | ||
* [[penile cancer]] - 1926: [[Abraham L. Wolbarst]]<ref name="Wolbarst1926">{{REFjournal | * [[penile cancer]] - 1926: [[Abraham L. Wolbarst]]<ref name="Wolbarst1926">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Wolbarst | |last=Wolbarst | ||
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|pages=301-310 | |pages=301-310 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Pleasure of sex - 1900: [[Jonathan Hutchinson]]<ref name="Hutchinson1900">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Hutchinson | |last=Hutchinson | ||
|first=Jonathan | |first=Jonathan | ||
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|pages=129-131 | |pages=129-131 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* [[ | * [[Prostate cancer]] - 1942: Abraham Ravich<ref name="Ravich1942">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Ravich | |last=Ravich | ||
|first=Abraham | |first=Abraham | ||
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|pages=298-299 | |pages=298-299 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Raping whites - 1894: [[Peter Charles Remondino|P.C. Remondino]] (for Blacks)<ref name="Remondino1894">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Remondino | |last=Remondino | ||
|init=PC | |init=PC | ||
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|pages=3-6 | |pages=3-6 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Sand from getting into the soldiers' [[foreskin]]s - 1991: [[Aaron J. Fink]]<ref name="Fink1991">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Fink | |last=Fink | ||
|first=Aaron J. | |first=Aaron J. | ||
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|page=696 | |page=696 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Sensitivity - 1935: [[R. W. Cockshut]]<ref name="Cockshut1935"/>, 1941: Allan F. Guttmacher<ref name="Guttmacher1941"/> | ||
* | * Sexual immorality - 1900: [[Jonathan Hutchinson]]<ref name="Hutchinson1900"/> | ||
* | * Spinal paralysis - 1870: [[Lewis Albert Sayre|Lewis A. Sayre]]<ref name="Sayre 1870 spinal paralysis">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Sayre | |last=Sayre | ||
|first=Lewis A. | |first=Lewis A. | ||
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|pages=205-11 | |pages=205-11 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Syphilis - 1855: [[Jonathan Hutchinson]]<ref name="hutchinson1855">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Hutchinson | |last=Hutchinson | ||
|first=Johnathon | |first=Johnathon | ||
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|pages=542-543 | |pages=542-543 | ||
|accessdate=2021-09-04 | |accessdate=2021-09-04 | ||
}}</ref> | |||
* Tuberculosis - 1914: [[Abraham L. Wolbarst]]<ref name="Wolbarst1914">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Wolbarst | |||
|first=Abraham L. | |||
|init=AL | |||
|author-link=Abraham L. Wolbarst | |||
|title=Universal circumcision as a sanitary measure | |||
|journal=Journal of the American Medical Association | |||
|date=1914-01-10 | |||
|volume=62 | |||
|issue=2 | |||
|pages=92-97 | |||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* [[UTI]] ([[urinary tract infection]]s) - 1985: [[Thomas E. Wiswell]]<ref name="Wiswell1985">{{REFjournal | * [[UTI]] ([[urinary tract infection]]s) - 1985: [[Thomas E. Wiswell]]<ref name="Wiswell1985">{{REFjournal | ||
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|pages=901-3 | |pages=901-3 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Venereal disease - 1949: Eugene H. Hand<ref name="Hand1949"/> | ||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||