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This paper illustrates many of the unintended injuries caused by circumcision in both in infancy and later. The existence and incidence of these injuries are not widely known, either by the general public or, surprisingly, by physicians themselves.
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Snyder, J.L. (2009). The Normal, Natural Penis and the Effects of Circumcision. In: Denniston, G.C., Hodges, F.M., Milos, M.F. (eds) Circumcision and Human Rights. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_9
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