Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Isaac Baker Brown
Standard Name: Brown, Isaac Baker
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1859-1866: Obstetrician Isaac Baker Brown performed...
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1859-1866
Obstetrician Isaac Baker Brown
performed clitoridectomies in London on women whom he believed to be succumbing to female insanity.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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1866: Obstetrician Isaac Baker Brown recommended...
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1866
Obstetrician Isaac Baker Brown
recommended surgical removal of the clitoris as an effective way to cure female lunacy, in On the Curability of Certain Forms of Insanity, Epilepsy, Catalepsy, and Hysteria in Females.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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1867: Clitoridectomist Isaac Baker Brown was expelled...
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1867
Clitoridectomist Isaac Baker Brown
was expelled from the Obstetrical Society
because his patients complained about his coercive methods.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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3 April 1867: Isaac Baker Brown was expelled from the Obstetrical...
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3 April 1867
Isaac Baker Brown
was expelled from the Obstetrical Society of London
for failing to obtain patients' consent for performing clitoridectomies.
Jalland, Patricia, and John Hooper. Women from Birth to Death: The Female Life Cycle in Britain 1830-1914. Harvester, 1986.
