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

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.

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. 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]].

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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 The [[foreskin]] of healthy infant boys normally is developmentally non-retractable.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref>
-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.
+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. 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]].
 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]].
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+* [[Berto Lopez, M.D.]]
+* [[Canada]]
 * [[David_Reimer]]
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