Nevertheless, they were soon claiming that circumcision
cured epilepsy, convulsions, paralysis, elephantiasis, tuberculosis, eczema, bed -
wetting, hip - joint disease, fecal incontinence, rectal prolapse,
wet dreams, hernia, headaches, nervousness, hysteria, poor eyesight, idiocy, mental retardation, and insanity.4 In fact, no procedure in the history of medicine has been claimed to
cure and prevent more diseases
than circumcision.