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Bruce Peter Reimer was one of two healthy identical twin boys born in Winnipeg, MB, [[Canada]] on 22 August 1965. His twin brother was Brian Reimer.

Although it has long been known that boys are born with the inner prepuce fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] and is non-retractable for an extended period,<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal

Although it has long been known that boys are born with the inner prepuce fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a [[synechia]] and is non-retractable for an extended period,<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal

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}}</ref> the two boys were improperly and erroneously diagnosed with [[phimosis]] at the age of six months.

Although there were no valid medical indications for circumcision, the parents scheduled the twin boys for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] surgery by Jean-Marie Huot, a general practitioner in Winnipeg.

Although there were no ''valid'' medical indications for circumcision, the parents scheduled the twin boys for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] surgery by Dr. Jean-Marie Huot, a general practitioner in Winnipeg.

Bruce was scheduled first. Dr. Huot bizarrely and inexplicably chose to conduct the [[circumcision]] with the use of an electrocautery device. The device burned Bruce's [[penis]] beyond repair.

Brian's circumcision was cancelled after Bruce's disaster. Brian's [[foreskin]] later spontaneously became retractable, illustrating the incorrectness of the [[phimosis]] diagnosis.

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 Bruce Peter Reimer was one of two healthy identical twin boys born in Winnipeg, MB, [[Canada]] on 22 August 1965. His twin brother was Brian Reimer.
-Although it has long been known that boys are born with the inner prepuce fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] and is non-retractable for an extended period,<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal
+Although it has long been known that boys are born with the inner prepuce fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a [[synechia]] and is non-retractable for an extended period,<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal
   |last=Deibart
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 }}</ref> the two boys were improperly and erroneously diagnosed with [[phimosis]] at the age of six months.
-Although there were no valid medical indications for circumcision, the parents scheduled the twin boys for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] surgery by Jean-Marie Huot, a general practitioner in Winnipeg.
+Although there were no ''valid'' medical indications for circumcision, the parents scheduled the twin boys for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] surgery by Dr. Jean-Marie Huot, a general practitioner in Winnipeg.
+Bruce was scheduled first. Dr. Huot bizarrely and inexplicably chose to conduct the [[circumcision]] with the use of an electrocautery device. The device burned Bruce's [[penis]] beyond repair.
+Brian's circumcision was cancelled after Bruce's disaster. Brian's [[foreskin]] later spontaneously became retractable, illustrating the incorrectness of the [[phimosis]] diagnosis.
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