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Plain Facts for Old and Young

John Harvey Kellogg

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It covered a variety of topics related to health, but it also contained controversial and harmful recommendations, especially concerning the treatment of masturbation in children, including circumcision without anesthesia as punishment.

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he was obsessed with poop and masturbation wrote about it in a book called Plain Facts for the Old and Young about half of which were facts maybe

— Episode: SYSK Live: The Kellogg Brothers’ Wacky W...

Episode: SYSK Live: The Kellogg Brothers’ Wacky World of He...

It covered a variety of topics related to health, but it also contained controversial and harmful recommendations, especially concerning the treatment of masturbation in children, including circumcision without anesthesia as punishment.

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he was obsessed with poop and masturbation wrote about it in a book called Plain Facts for the Old and Young about half of which were facts maybe

in small boys is circumcision the operation should be performed by a surgeon without administering an anesthetic

Episode: SYSK Live: The Kellogg Brothers’ Wacky World of He...

It was a book by John Harvey Kellogg that focused on health and hygiene, including his views on masturbation and recommending practices now considered harmful and unethical.

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he was obsessed with poop and masturbation wrote about it in a book called plain facts for the old and young about half of which were facts maybe

which is almost always successful and small boys is circumcision the operation should be performed by a surgeon without administering an anesthetic

as the brief pain attending the operation will have a salutary effect upon the mind especially if it be connected with the idea of punishment as it may well be in some cases the soreness which continues for several weeks interrupts the practice and this had not been previously become too firmly fixed it may be forgotten and not resumed

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