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[quote=Anonymous]Medical treatment practices are always changing.

My mom had a hysterectomy in her 50s for a condition that I managed at the same age without a surgery.  She was then given hormone replacements which are now thought to shorten one's lifespan.

In the 1950s, my dad was almost given radiation therapy for tonsilitis.

In the 1970s and beyond, rectal thermometers were common to use with kids up to toddler age.  Plus they were breakable glass and filled with mercury.  Most people use ear scans now.

Back in the 1970s and 1980s,  I also remember a lot more emphasis on douching.  I don't think it's as common now.  Or at least not as prominently advertised.  Because it's mostly unnecessary, even irritating.

What is normal medically does change over time.  Also, it was harder to spread information and research before the internet got widespread.  And, it's known that what medical standards are in use vary regionally.  Some people accept what their doctors tell them to do, very uncritically.

So those are some examples of things that would support that the treatment protocol might have been ineffective and unpleasant but not inherently designed to be abusive.[/quote]

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