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}}</ref>. But by changing the rationale for the procedure, circumcision survived the transformation from the reflex neurosis theory to the germ theory. What started as circumcision of children, became newborn circumcision during and after the World Wars.
In the UK, an article by [[Douglas Gairdner ]] led the NHS to stop coverage of circumcisions in 1949.<ref>{{REFjournal
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