Monday, October 27, 2003
Well, I was actually considering a longer rant on adoption, due to a silly review of a forthcoming program, but then I bumped into this: 50 Years of Bodies 1953-2003. And especially this caught my eye:
1997 Kevin Wright becomes the first person to have a healthy leg amputated on the NHS. He suffers from a condition called apotemnophilia, causing the patient to be so repelled by a limb he wants it removed.
This Apotemnophilia, which at first sight seems only deeply disturbing and sad, turns out to be a sexual paraphilia which makes it even weirder.
There's interesting things to read here and here.
Re. the Observer-article: check out also in 2000:
Emma Richards, 16, has her legs broken and stretched on the NHS at a cost of £12,000 to make her tall enough to be an air hostess.
1997 Kevin Wright becomes the first person to have a healthy leg amputated on the NHS. He suffers from a condition called apotemnophilia, causing the patient to be so repelled by a limb he wants it removed.
This Apotemnophilia, which at first sight seems only deeply disturbing and sad, turns out to be a sexual paraphilia which makes it even weirder.
There's interesting things to read here and here.
Re. the Observer-article: check out also in 2000:
Emma Richards, 16, has her legs broken and stretched on the NHS at a cost of £12,000 to make her tall enough to be an air hostess.
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