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==Introduction of circumcision as a medical practice== | ==Introduction of circumcision as a medical practice== | ||
French physician Claude | 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 | |last=Darby | ||
|first=Robert | |first=Robert | ||
|init= | |init=R | ||
|author-link=Robert Darby | |author-link=Robert Darby | ||
|title=Pathologizing Male Sexuality: Lallemand, Spermatorrhea, and the Rise of Circumcision | |title=Pathologizing Male Sexuality: Lallemand, Spermatorrhea, and the Rise of Circumcision | ||
|journal= J Hist Med Allied Sci | |journal= J Hist Med Allied Sci | ||
|date=2005-07 | |date=2005-07 | ||
|volume=60 | |volume=60 | ||
|issue=3 | |issue=3 | ||
|pages=283-319 | |pages=283-319 | ||
|url=https:// | |url=https://books.google.de/books?id=kn-nYdTpGx4C&pg=PA117&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false | ||
|pubmedID=15917258 | |pubmedID=15917258 | ||
|DOI=10.1093/jhmas/jri042 | |DOI=10.1093/jhmas/jri042 | ||
|accessdate=2021-09-04 | |accessdate=2021-09-04 | ||