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Why did American doctors in the late 19th Century/Early 20th century believe that masturbation led to insanity and that circumcision was a viable cure for masturbation? NSFW

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How did circumcision become a common practice among non-Jewish people in America?

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Are there any scholarly papers, research, or evidence that supports the claim that Shakespeare did not write his own plays? (I'm aware that the vast majority of scholarship/evidence does not support this viewpoint)

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Why did American doctors in the late 19th Century/Early 20th century believe that masturbation led to insanity and that circumcision was a viable cure for masturbation? NSFW	169
How did circumcision become a common practice among non-Jewish people in America?	1
Are there any scholarly papers, research, or evidence that supports the claim that Shakespeare did not write his own plays? (I'm aware that the vast majority of scholarship/evidence does not support this viewpoint)	0