Sunday, September 19, 2010

What were the real reasons behind David Reimer's suicide?

“David Reimer was one of the most famous patients in the annals of medicine. Born in 1965 in Winnipeg, he was 8 months old when a doctor used an electrocautery needle, instead of a scalpel, to excise his foreskin during a routine circumcision, burning off his entire penis as a result.”

Full article here: http://www.slate.com/id/2101678/

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