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Part One: John Ronald Brown: The Worst Surgeon Ever

Behind the Bastards

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Transsexual Surgery

Dr. Brown did sex chain surgery on virtually anyone who asked for it, regardless of whether they were physically or emotionally stable enough to cope with it. At that point in history, many credible surgeons required their patients to have lived as their chosen gender for at least a year prior to receiving surgery. If your life and job and friends and family couldn't accept you living as a woman before actually receiving the surgery, that would make it easy to pass. Some people, including some reputable physicians, defended Dr. Brown for serving the community when no one else would.

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