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The late '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', ~~M.D.~~ ({{LifeData |birth=1918-06-26 |birthplace= |birthcountry= |death=2009-01-31}}) was a general practitioner in Winnipeg, Manitoba, [[Canada]].

The late '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', {{MD}}, ({{LifeData |birth=1918-06-26 |birthplace= |birthcountry= |death=2009-01-31}}), was a general practitioner in Winnipeg, Manitoba, [[Canada]].

== The case of Bruce and Brian Reimer ==

The [[foreskin]] of healthy infant boys normally is developmentally non-retractable.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref>

Dr. ~~Jean~~-~~Marie Huot is remembered as the physician who performed a medically~~-~~unnecessary~~, non-~~therapeutic~~ [[~~circumcision~~]] ~~on eight-month-old~~ [[~~David Reimer~~]] ~~with an electrocautery device~~ and ~~destroyed David's~~ [[~~penis~~]].

Dr. Huot examined six-month-old twin boys Bruce and Brian Reimer. He mis-diagnosed their healthy, developmentally non-retractable [[foreskin]] as ''[[phimosis]]''. The twin boys were scheduled for [[circumcision]] — excision and [[amputation]] of the foreskin — at the age of eight-months.

Bruce was the first born of the two, so he was scheduled first. Dr. Huot inexplicably chose to use an electrocautery device to perform the medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision. The electric current so burned Bruce's [[penis]] that it was destroyed.

Brian's circumcision was cancelled after the disaster with Bruce's circumcision and never performed. Brian's foreskin later spontaneously become retractable.

Brian and Bruce/David both committed suicide.

== Postscript ==

Bruce Reimer later changed his name to David Reimer.

Dr. Huot retired from medical practice in 1992.

Dr. Jean-Marie Huot is remembered as the physician who performed a medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] in 1966 on eight-month-old [[David Reimer]] with an electrocautery device and destroyed David's [[penis]].

* [[Berto Lopez, M.D.]]

* [[Canada]]

* [[David_Reimer]]

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+[[File:Jean-Marie Huot.jpg|thumb|Jean-Marie Huot]]
-The late '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', M.D. ({{LifeData |birth=1918-06-26 |birthplace= |birthcountry= |death=2009-01-31}}) was a general practitioner in Winnipeg, Manitoba, [[Canada]].
+The late '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', {{MD}}, ({{LifeData |birth=1918-06-26 |birthplace= |birthcountry= |death=2009-01-31}}), was a general practitioner in Winnipeg, Manitoba, [[Canada]].
+== The case of Bruce and Brian Reimer ==
+The [[foreskin]] of healthy infant boys normally is developmentally non-retractable.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref>
-Dr. Jean-Marie Huot is remembered as the physician who performed a medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] on eight-month-old [[David Reimer]] with an electrocautery device and destroyed David's [[penis]].
+Dr. Huot examined six-month-old twin boys Bruce and Brian Reimer. He mis-diagnosed their healthy, developmentally non-retractable [[foreskin]] as ''[[phimosis]]''. The twin boys were scheduled for [[circumcision]] — excision and [[amputation]] of the foreskin — at the age of eight-months.
+Bruce was the first born of the two, so he was scheduled first. Dr. Huot inexplicably chose to use an electrocautery device to perform the medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision. The electric current so burned Bruce's [[penis]] that it was destroyed.
+Brian's circumcision was cancelled after the disaster with Bruce's circumcision and never performed. Brian's foreskin later spontaneously become retractable.
+Brian and Bruce/David both committed suicide.
+== Postscript ==
+Bruce Reimer later changed his name to David Reimer.
+Dr. Huot retired from medical practice in 1992.
+Dr. Jean-Marie Huot is remembered as the physician who performed a medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] in 1966 on eight-month-old [[David Reimer]] with an electrocautery device and destroyed David's [[penis]].
+{{SEEALSO}}
+* [[Berto Lopez, M.D.]]
+* [[Canada]]
+* [[David_Reimer]]
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