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Retrospectively, circumcision was always advertised as a cure for whatever disease was in the public spotlight at the time.[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision]] (2016) states:<blockquote>These claims date originally from before the advent of evidence-based medicine, when doctors relied on the opinions of other clinicians to inform their practice, rather than on scientifically collected evidence.<ref name="doc2016">{{REFweb |url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-professionals/alleged-medical-benefits/ |title=Alleged Medical Benefits |trans-title= |language= |last= |first= |author-link= |publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision |website= |date=2016-05 |accessdate=2019-11-20 |format= |quote=}}</ref></blockquote>
The sheer mass of studies and publications that were released during those almost 180 years on this topic are the reason that even arguments that have been disproved multiple times, especially regarding infant and child circumcision, tenaciously persist up until today.