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Ernest G. Mark (1901) notes that the "pleasurable sensations that are elicited from the extremely sensitive" inner lining of the foreskin may encourage a child to masturbate, which is why he recommends circumcision since it "lessens the sensitiveness of the organ".<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Mark | |||
|first=Ernest G. | |||
|init=EG | |||
|title=Circumcision | |||
|journal=American Practitioner and News | |||
|date=1901-02-15 | |||
|volume=31 | |||
|issue=4 | |||
|pages=122-126 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
Roswell Park (1902) publishes paper 'proving' that foreskin causes epilepsy and that circumcision cures it.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Park | |||
|first=Roswell | |||
|init=R | |||
|title=The surgical treatment of epilepsy | |||
|journal=American Medicine | |||
|date=1902-11-22 | |||
|volume=4 | |||
|issue=21 | |||
|pages=807-9 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||
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