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}}</ref> USA. Wiswell is a common Jewish surname ([[bias|Why is this important?]]). Wiswell is generally believed to be a [[Circumcised doctors| circumcised doctor]].==Myth-maker==
Starting in 1983, he began to produce a series of egregiously flawed studies that falsely claimed [[circumcision]] reduced the incidence of [[urinary tract infection]]s.<ref>{{REFjournal
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}}</ref> Wiswell's retroactive "studies" had serious methodological flaws, however circumcision advocate [[Edgar J. Schoen]] chose to cite these studies in the 1989 AAP Circumcision Policy statement. This started the myth that infant circumcision can prevent urinary tract infection. Wiswell associates with the [[Gilgal Society]],<ref>{{REFbook
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