History
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How One Woman’s Forced Sterilization Led To A Mayhem Charge and Exposed A Secret World of Medical Atrocities
In January 1936, twenty-one-year-old Ann Cooper Hewitt, the well-known San Francisco heiress, called a press conference alongside her attorney and announced that she was suing her mother, Maryon Cooper Hewitt.… Read more.
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Mayhem (crime)
Mayhem is a common law criminal offense consisting of the intentional maiming of another person. Under the law of England and Wales and other common law jurisdictions, it originally consisted of the intentional and wanton removal of a… Read more.
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Bertha Boronda, convicted of mayhem after she used a straight razor to slice off husband’s penis
Bertha Boronda (née Zettle; March 14, 1877 – January 18, 1950) was an American woman who sliced off her husband’s penis in 1907. She was convicted of the crime of mayhem; she used a straight razor to… Read more.
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“Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal”
The Ivy League nude posture photos were taken in the 1940s through the 1970s of all incoming freshmen at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn (which are members of the Ivy League) and Seven Sisters colleges (as well as Swarthmore), ostensibly to gauge… Read more.
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Pisse Prophecy: A Brief History of Urinalysis
Urinalysis, the first laboratory test, has had a long and fascinating history. Diagnoses and prognostications were made by ancient physicians after observation of the urine’s color and character. Over the… Read more.
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Urokinase (and Porta Johns?)
Recycling Fever Reaches New Lows “Utica, Michigan – Realising it is flushing potential profits down the drain, an enterprising young company has come up with a way to trap medically… Read more.
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“An entire legion of herion-addicted, long-haired rock and rollers are said to have tried Urine Therapy”
While many people are aware that Gandhi drank his urine, few know that leather-clad rocker Jim Morrison (who, like Gandhi, had an unwatchable movie made of his life) began the… Read more.
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Golden cure? arguments for and against urine therapy
According to its supporters, urine therapy is the number one treatment for all medical ailments. Although the centuries old practice is mired in controversy, they argue, don’t knock it till… Read more.
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