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Following the discovery of bacteria as a cause of many diseases – such as tuberculosis – the search began for other illnesses that could be prevented by circumcision.
In the 1920s it was penile cancer. [[Abraham L. Wolbarst ]] (1926) claims that circumcision can prevent penile cancer.<ref name="wolbarst1926">{{REFjournal
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