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Just before his death on December 31, 1881, he confessed that he had perjured himself, and that the mutilations were self-performed.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Tulpius, Walther, and the Ephemerides each report an instance of self-performed cystotomy.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

We have already mentioned the marvelous instances of Cesarean sections self-performed, and in the literature of obstetric operations many of the minor type have been done by the patient herself.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)