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'''Thomas E. Wiswell''' was a doctor at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.<ref>{{REFjournal
'''Thomas E. Wiswell''' was a doctor at [https://tricare.mil/mtf/Walterreed Walter Reed Army Medical Center].<ref>{{REFjournal
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}}</ref> Wiswell is a common Jewish surname ([[bias|Why is this important?]]).
}}</ref> Wiswell is a common Jewish surname ([[bias|Why is this important?]]).


Starting in 1983, he began to produce a series of egregiously flawed studies that claimed circumcision reduced the incidence of urinary tract infections.<ref>{{REFjournal
Starting in 1983, he began to produce a series of egregiously flawed studies that falsely claimed [[circumcision]] reduced the incidence of urinary tract infections.<ref>{{REFjournal
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{{Citation
{{Citation
  |Title=Easy Money
  |Title=Easy Money
  |Text=I have some good friends who are obstetricians outside the military, and they look at a foreskin and almost see a $125 price tag on it. Each one is that much money. Heck, if you do 10 a week, that's over $1,000 a week, and they don't take that much time.
  |Text=I have some good friends who are obstetricians outside the military, and they look at a [[foreskin]] and almost see a $125 price tag on it. Each one is that much money. Heck, if you do 10 a week, that's over $1,000 a week, and they don't take that much time.
  |Author=Wiswell (1987-6-22)
  |Author=Wiswell (1987-6-22)
  |Source=The age-old question of circumcision. Boston Globe, p.43
  |Source=The age-old question of circumcision. Boston Globe, p.43