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Evidence-based medicine does not support the opinion of the early circumcision-promoters. | Evidence-based medicine does not support the opinion of the early circumcision-promoters. | ||
The circumcision promoters claimed that the sub-preputial space was a filth and disease bearing repository of illness that was best eliminated by circumcision. However, Parkash ''et al''. (1980) showed that the sub-preputial moisture contained lytic material with antiseptic qualities that protected the area from disease.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
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|title=Sub-preputial wetness - Its nature. | |||
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|journal=Ann Nat Med Sci | |||
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|date=1982-07 | |||
|volume=18 | |||
|issue=3 | |||
|pages=109-112 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/prakash/ | |||
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