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Acton was influenced by French physician [[Claude François Lallemand]], who recommended [[circumcision]] to prevent spermatorrhea (excessive, involuntary ejaculation), which was then believed to be a disease.
Acton was influenced by French physician [[Claude François Lallemand]], who recommended [[circumcision]] to prevent spermatorrhea (excessive, involuntary ejaculation), which was then believed to be a disease.
 
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* {{REFbook
|last=Acton
|first=William
|init=
|year=1851
|title=A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Urinary and Generative Organs in Both Sexes
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5184275/
|scope=
|ISBN=
|accessdate=2022-06-29
}}
* {{REFbook
|last=Acton
|first=William
|init=
|year=1862
|title=The Functions and Disorders of the Reproductive Organs in Childhood, Youth, Adult Age, and Advanced Life: Considered in Their Physiological, Social, and Moral Relations
|url=https://archive.org/details/functionsdisorde00actorich/page/n17/mode/2up
|scope=
|ISBN=
|accessdate=2022-06-29
}}
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* [[United Kingdom]]
* [[United Kingdom]]