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* 1901 [[Ernest G. Mark]] 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=122-126Mark1901}}</ref>
* 1902 [[Roswell Park]] publishes paper 'proving' that '''foreskin causes epilepsy''' and that circumcision cures it.<ref>{{Park1902}}</ref>