Gender reassignment surgery in the 18th century
A case study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19003271 |
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| Authors | Carol A B Warren (University of Kansas, corresponding author), Carol Ab Warren (University of Kansas) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 872-884 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sexualities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1363460714531270 |
| OpenAlex | W2326423773 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
In 1779, Mr Thomas Brand surgically reassigned the gender of a seven-year-old child from female to male, thus enabling him to urinate standing up, wear trousers, and enjoy the privileges of being a male. This case study, published in London in 1787, illuminates 18th-century debates over gender, sexual ambiguity, and medical theories and practices. Mr Brand, Surgeon, uses his case study to claim that the body is two-sexed, and that hermaphrodism is a fiction. He proposes that the anatomical knowledge and practices of surgeons such as himself are superior to those of higher-status physicians. Mr Brand does not have a lot to say about his patient or her/his parents, except to conclude that if the patient had been of the upper classes, the case would have been a lot more interesting
Ambiguity · Linguistics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Medical History and Research · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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