DA: Weight-loss doctor charged with sexually assaulting patients - CNN
A doctor at a Pennsylvania weight-loss clinic is scheduled for a preliminary hearing next week on charges that he sexually assaulted at least six female patients, according to the criminal complaint from the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, district attorney's office.
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This isn't the kind of news I'd normally pass along, but it reminded me of an old-school cure for 'female hysteria' (no longer recognized as a disorder unless one realizes that it's essentially PMS, or if one likes the even newer name, PMDD) that lasted for centuries before someone apparently decided that maybe the docs were havin' too much fun. It is true that orgasm can in many cases help relieve menstrual cramps and that it brings a sense of relaxation and calm which would also likely be helpful with emotional symptoms (not to mention that it really does burn a lot of calories for such a little amount of work :D), so it's not like they were that far off with their "manual stimulation of the genitals by the doctor until the patient experienced 'hysterical paroxysm' (orgasm)", but it's probably a better idea to prescribe that a patient reach it by themselves or with a trusted partner. :) (This guy's a creep, obviously. Even if there's merit to it as a method, it's unacceptable to foist it upon unwilling patients.)
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