Medical case from 1912 where wife lopped off a penis
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:30 pm
In the link there is an image of the text that gives the rest of the story, worth reading. They basically had to devise a method on the fly to cover the stump and ended up with it buried in the scrotum. They did second operation to free it, but apparently the stump was extremely wide, especially during erections. The most interesting part is that the patient found a doctor that apparently offered to graft on a penis!
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.asp ... eid=451324
Here is the part of the text I can copy:
MALICIOUS AMPUTATION OF PENIS
R. L. Murdy, M.D.
JAMA. 1912;LVIII(12):858. doi:10.1001/jama.1912.04260030256016. Text Size: A A A
Article
ABSTRACT
History. J. C., a well-developed and vigorous man aged 25, a railway fireman, a steady and industrious worker of fairly good habits but not strictly temperate, had married a woman much older than himself, who had twice before been unhappily married. This couple had not been living very happily together for some time; each occupied a separate part of the house, up to July 4, 1011, at which time there had been reconciliation and they had agreed to live together as man and wife; accordingly they had occupied a common apartment on the night of July 4. About 4:00 a. m., July 5, the man was aroused by a terrific pain and a frightful hemorrhage, and he found himself in the middle of the floor holding onto a more or less completely amputated penis, the stump and wound bleeding profusely. The major part of the organ was on the floor
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.asp ... eid=451324
Here is the part of the text I can copy:
MALICIOUS AMPUTATION OF PENIS
R. L. Murdy, M.D.
JAMA. 1912;LVIII(12):858. doi:10.1001/jama.1912.04260030256016. Text Size: A A A
Article
ABSTRACT
History. J. C., a well-developed and vigorous man aged 25, a railway fireman, a steady and industrious worker of fairly good habits but not strictly temperate, had married a woman much older than himself, who had twice before been unhappily married. This couple had not been living very happily together for some time; each occupied a separate part of the house, up to July 4, 1011, at which time there had been reconciliation and they had agreed to live together as man and wife; accordingly they had occupied a common apartment on the night of July 4. About 4:00 a. m., July 5, the man was aroused by a terrific pain and a frightful hemorrhage, and he found himself in the middle of the floor holding onto a more or less completely amputated penis, the stump and wound bleeding profusely. The major part of the organ was on the floor