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|title=Tuberculosis acquired through ritual circumcision | |title=Tuberculosis acquired through ritual circumcision | ||
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|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/holt1/ | |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/holt1/ | ||
|accessdate=2020-03-30 | |accessdate=2020-03-30 | ||
}}</ref> Wolbarst was incensed by what he perceived as an attack on ritual circumcision, so he resolved to defend ritual circumcision by arguing that [[circumcision]] provided health benefits. Wolbarst's defense of circumcision was published in ''JAMA'' in 1914 and entitled "''Universal Circumcision as a Sanitary Measure''".<ref name="wolbarst1914">{{REFjournal | }}</ref> Wolbarst was incensed by what he perceived as an attack on ritual circumcision, so he resolved to defend ritual circumcision by arguing that [[circumcision]] provided health benefits. Wolbarst's defense of circumcision was published in ''JAMA'' in 1914 and entitled "''Universal Circumcision as a Sanitary Measure''".<ref name="wolbarst1914">{{REFjournal | ||
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|title=Does circumcision influence sexually transmitted diseases?: A literature review | |title=Does circumcision influence sexually transmitted diseases?: A literature review | ||
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== Myth: protection against penile cancer == | == Myth: protection against penile cancer == | ||
Wolbarst was solely responsible for the invention of the myth that [[circumcision]] rendered males immune to [[penile cancer]]. | |||
Wolbarst (1926) made his claim for the first time that male circumcision prevents penile cancer.<ref name="wolbarst1926!>{{REFjournal | Wolbarst (1926) made his claim for the first time that male circumcision prevents penile cancer.<ref name="wolbarst1926!>{{REFjournal | ||
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