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Wolbarst's paper was published in January 1914. World War I started in August 1914. | Wolbarst's paper was published in January 1914. World War I started in August 1914. | ||
With the trumped-up false data supplied by circumcision advocates such as Remondino and Wolbarst, many military commanders, knowing that soldiers may visit prostitutes, ordered their soldiers to be subjected to mandatory circumcision. | |||
With the advent of World War II in September 1939, the situation was little changed and again circumcision of soldiers was ordered by many commanders. | |||
This practice was abandoned at least 60 years ago, but it left the impression in American minds that circumcision somehow prevented contracting a sexually transmitted disease. | This practice was abandoned at least 60 years ago, but it left the impression in American minds that circumcision somehow prevented contracting a sexually transmitted disease. | ||