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added section Allegation history and more publications; Jewish (confirmed by Ronald Goldman)
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== Allegation history ==
Ravich was first to report on transmissible virus in [[prostate cancer]], [[cervical cancer]] and [[bladder cancer]] as [[Sexually transmitted infection|venereal disease]]. He suggested [[Routine Infant Circumcision|circumcision]] of new born males to prevent such cancers.<ref name="prabook"/>
* 1942: Abraham Ravich claims that circumcision prevents [[prostate cancer]].
* 1951: Abraham Ravich invents claims that circumcision prevents [[cervical cancer]] in women.
* 1971: Abraham Ravich claims that circumcision prevents [[bladder cancer|cancer of the bladder]] and the rectum.
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|isbn=978-0802221100
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* {{REFjournal
|last=Ravich
|first=Abraham
|init=A
|author-link=Abraham Ravich
|title=Viral carcinogenesis in venereally susceptible organs
|journal=Cancer
|date=1971-06
|volume=27
|issue=6
|pages=1493-1496
}}
* {{REFjournal
|last=Ravich
|first=Abraham
|init=A
|author-link=Abraham Ravich
|title=Prophylaxis of cancer of the prostate, penis, and cervix by circumcision
|journal=New York State Journal of Medicine
|date=1951-06
|volume=51
|issue=12
|pages=1519-1520
}}
* {{REFjournal
|last=Ravich
|first=Abraham
|init=A
|author-link=Abraham Ravich
|title=The relationship of circumcision to cancer of the prostate
|journal=Journal of Urology
|date=1942-09
|volume=48
|issue=3
|pages=298-299
}}
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