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→The legend of "20,000 nerve endings": Improve footnote.
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}}</ref> – not documented (not with Sorrel, [[Ken McGrath|McGrath]], Taylor, who only report more sensitivity than the [[Glans penis|glans]] from highly innervated tissue).
# " … a circumcised man actually loses many more than 1000 nerve endings. (About 20000 nerveendings)."<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.beschneidung-von-jungen.de/home/medizinisches-grundwissen/anatomie-und-funktion-der-vorhaut/anatomie-und-ondere-komponenten-der-vorhaut/kleiner-schnitt.html |title=Der Penis und die Vorhaut: Die Anatomie der Vorhaut und ihre sexuelle Funktion |last= |first= |accessdate=2021-09-01}}</ref> - From the indicated source (Montagu A., Matson F. The Human Connection, NY: McGraw Hill, 1979), no 20,000 can be derived as the number of nerve endings. - The quoted quote is also incomplete: "15 U.S. quarters" are translated with "25-US-Cent coins" without the "15".<ref>See: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:jfxXKByh1GQJ:www.noharmm.org/snip.htm+&cd=5&hl=de&ct=clnk&gl=de</ref># "Careful anatomical studies have shown that through circumcision [...] more than 70 m of nerves, and more than 20,000 nerve endings are lost."<ref>https://www.beschneidung-von-jungen.de/home/wichtige-trendumkehr-in-den-usa/wieso-schadet-die-beschneidung.html</ref> – The indicated source<ref>{{REFweb |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/bazett/ |title=I. Depth, distribution and probable identification in the prepuce of sensory end-organs concerned in sensations of temperature and touch thermometric conductivity |last=Bazett |first=HC |date=1932-03 |accessdate=2021-09-01}} (THE CIRCUMCISION REFERENCE LIBRARY. ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, Vol. 27, Number 3: Pages 489-517, March 1932.)</ref> provides only "Conclusions". The number 20,000 did not appear until 1997 (see below).# "Physical effects of circumcision. [[John Warren]], Royal College of Physicians, London, UK; NORM-UK, Staffordshire, UK; Excerpt ... loss of at least 10000 to 20000 specialized erotogenic nerve endings, .... [...] It was calculated that at least 10000 -20000 specialized erotegenic nerve endings are removed during circumcision. (Winkelmann, 1959, 1956)."<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.beschneidung-von-jungen.de/home/argumente-gegen-beschneidung/nachteile-der-beschneidung.html |title=Körperliche Auswirkungen der Beschneidung |last=Warren |first=John |accessdate=2021-09-01}}</ref> And: "Graphics added later [!]. ... Citations of the English original article: Warren J. Physical Effects of Circumcision. In: Denniston GC, Milos MF, Hodges FM (eds.). Genital Autonomy: Protecting Personal Choice. Heidelberg, New York: Springer; 2010. p. 75-79." – But there is no calculation. “20,000” in the graphic is without proof.
# "Infos for Parents: What is the [[foreskin]]":<ref>http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:iiQtHltjyG8J:thecircumcisiondecision.com/20000-nerve-endings/+&cd=1&hl=de&ct=clnk&gl=de</ref> "What is the [[foreskin]]? Anatomical and physiological facts of Dr. med. Paul M. Fleiss and Dr. phil. Frederick Hodges [...] In fact, the [[foreskin]] contains more than 70 meters of nerve fibers and tens of thousands of specialized erotogenic [...] nerve endings ... "<ref>https://www.beschneidung-von-jungen.de/home/infos-fuereltern/was-ist-die-vorhaut/was-ist-die-vorhaut-anatomische-and-physiological-fakten.html</ref> (graphic like above) "Citation of the English original text: Fleiss, Paul M; Hodges, Frederick. What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Circumcision. New York: Warner Books; C2002. Chapter 1, What is the [[foreskin]]. Anatomical facts, that your doctor may not know; p. 1-17." <br />'''This text<ref>https://www.amazon.com/What-Your-Doctor-About-Circumcision/dp/0446678805#reader_0446678805 p. 2f.</ref> by Fleiss and Hodges and an earlier article by Fleiss<ref name="Fleiss /> in 1997 seem to be the source of the greatly exaggerated misleading vacant figure of 20,000.'''