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Barbara Kay @BarbaraRKay · Feb 11, 2023
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Great thread. The only thing missing is the doctor cheerfully telling those who regret having their arm chopped off that they can get a prosthesis that looks exactly like the real thing, so no worries!.

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🧵Apotemnophilia In the 90s, Dr. Robert Smith, a surgeon at Falkirk Royal Infirmary, performed leg amputations on two men. Both men were perfectly healthy but suffering from apotemnophilia, a psychiatric condition involving the desire to have healthy
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