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Isaac Baker Brown

Isaac Baker Brown

Isaac Baker Brown was a prominent 19th-century English gynaecologist and obstetrical surgeon. He had a reputation as a specialist in the diseases of women and advocated certain surgical procedures, including clitoridectomies, as cures for epilepsy and hysteria. In 1867, his career ended when he was accused of performing these procedures without consent of the patients. He was subsequently expelled from the Obstetrical Society of London.

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On the Curability of Certain Forms of Insanity, Epilepsy, Catalepsy, and Hysteria in Females

Isaac Baker Brown