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[[Douglas Gairdner]]'s classic 1949 paper, ''The Fate of the Foreskin: A Study of Circumcision'',<ref name="gairdner1949">{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref> seems to have been ignored in Canada.

Bruce Peter Reimer, later known as [[David Reimer]] was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 22 August 1965. His penis was destroyed in an accident during medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision.

Bruce Peter Reimer, later known as [[David Reimer]], was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 22 August 1965. His penis was destroyed in an accident during medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision.

Patel (1966) reported his findings on neonatal [[circumcision]] in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Patel reported a complication rate of 55 percent experienced in a series of 100 consecutive male infant circumcisions. He also reported on the incidence of circumcision at [http://www.kingstonhsc.ca/ Kingston General Hospital] in Kingston, Ontario. Patel reported an incidence of circumcision of 48 percent. This is for one hospital in Kingston, ON but has been widely and falsely cited as the rate for all Canada.<ref>{{REFjournal

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Canada, like other English-speaking nations formerly circumcised many of its boys, with circumcision rates in the 40 to 70 percent range in the 1960s.<ref>{{REFjournal

Canada, like other English-speaking nations, formerly circumcised many of its boys, with circumcision rates in the 40 to 70 percent range in the 1960s.<ref>{{REFjournal

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 [[Douglas Gairdner]]'s classic 1949 paper, ''The Fate of the Foreskin: A Study of Circumcision'',<ref name="gairdner1949">{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref> seems to have been ignored in Canada.
-Bruce Peter Reimer, later known as [[David Reimer]] was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 22 August 1965. His penis was destroyed in an accident during medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision.
+Bruce Peter Reimer, later known as [[David Reimer]], was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 22 August 1965. His penis was destroyed in an accident during medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision.
 Patel (1966) reported his findings on neonatal [[circumcision]] in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Patel reported a complication rate of 55 percent experienced in a series of 100 consecutive male infant circumcisions.  He also reported on the incidence of circumcision at [http://www.kingstonhsc.ca/ Kingston General Hospital] in Kingston, Ontario. Patel reported an incidence of circumcision of 48 percent. This is for one hospital in Kingston, ON but has been widely and falsely cited as the rate for all Canada.<ref>{{REFjournal
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 }}</ref>
-Canada, like other English-speaking nations formerly circumcised many of its boys, with circumcision rates in the 40 to 70 percent range in the 1960s.<ref>{{REFjournal
+Canada, like other English-speaking nations, formerly circumcised many of its boys, with circumcision rates in the 40 to 70 percent range in the 1960s.<ref>{{REFjournal
   |last=Wirth
   |first=John L.