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===Early twentieth century===
Ernest G. Mark (1901) notes that the "pleasurable sensations that are elicited from the extremely sensitive" inner lining of the foreskin may encourage a child to masturbate, which is why he recommends circumcision since it "lessens the sensitiveness of the organ".<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Mark
|first=Ernest G.
|init=EG
|title=Circumcision
|journal=American Practitioner and News
|date=1901-02-15
|volume=31
|issue=4
|pages=122-126
}}</ref>
Roswell Park (1902) publishes paper 'proving' that foreskin causes epilepsy and that circumcision cures it.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Park
|first=Roswell
|init=R
|title=The surgical treatment of epilepsy
|journal=American Medicine
|date=1902-11-22
|volume=4
|issue=21
|pages=807-9
}}</ref>
{{REF}}
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