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The profits are amazingly large. Bollinger (2012) estimated annual intake from the performance of medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] to be | Professor Morgan (1967), in his classic article — ''Penile plunder'' — accurately described the only real reason for the performance of non-therapeutic circumcision as — ''chronic remunerative surgery'' — meaning long-lasting compensation to the surgeon.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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|title=Penile plunder | |||
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|journal=Med J Aust | |||
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|date=1967-05-27 | |||
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|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/general/morgan2/ | |||
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|DOI=10.5694/j.1326-5377.1967.tb20892.x | |||
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The profits are amazingly large. Bollinger (2012) estimated annual intake from the performance of medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] to be $3,640,000,000.<ref name="bollinger2012">{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.academia.edu/6442587/High_Cost_of_Circumcision_3.6_Billion_Annually | |url=https://www.academia.edu/6442587/High_Cost_of_Circumcision_3.6_Billion_Annually | ||
|title=High Cost of Circumcision: $3.6 Billion Annually | |title=High Cost of Circumcision: $3.6 Billion Annually | ||