Circumcision and STDs: Difference between revisions

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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
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''. (1982) showed that the sub-preputial moisture contained lytic material with antiseptic qualities that protected the area from disease.<ref>{{REFjournal
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