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Self-Castration.

1901; American Medical Association; Volume: XXXVI; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.1901.02470040048018

1538-3598

Daniel Stroch,

Sexual Differentiation and Disorders

Camden, N. J. To the Editor: —Emil L., a young white man, was brought to the Cooper Hospital about midnight of September 26. A couple of hours previously he had castrated himself, removing the entire scrotum. When he came into the hospital his appearance indicated that he had lost considerable blood, and the severed vessels were still bleeding. Examination revealed that the scrotum had been amputated close to the urethra, and the spermatic cords were retracted into the external abdominal rings. The vessels of the cords were ligated and the cutaneous flaps of the wound were sutured in the median line. A week subsequently the wound had healed by first intention; and when cicatrization and contraction are complete there will remain only a median raphe, in close contact with the penis. For a day or two after admission the man was reticent, and it was difficult to induce him to