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When and why was routine neonatal circumcision introduced in English-speaking Western countries?

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When and why was routine neonatal circumcision introduced in English-speaking Western countries?

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Doctors in the English-speaking countries started circumcising babies in the mid-1800s to prevent masturbation, which some doctors claimed caused many diseases, including epilepsy, tuberculosis and insanity. Of course, these arguments are not accepted today.