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The first cut is the hardest

BMJ 2001; 323 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0111428b (Published 01 November 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;323:0111428b
  1. Steve Ainsworth, professional writer1
  1. 1Halifax

One of the silliest stories to emerge in the media this summer was that of GP Dr Jonathan Heatley who back in August performed a vasectomy on himself in his West Sussex surgery.

Dentist Andrew Sharp of Barnsley quickly responded to the GP's challenge; the following week he amply illustrated the long standing competitiveness between the medical and dental professions. Andrew, aged 32 and old enough to know better, extracted his own wisdom tooth in his surgery after reading about Dr Heatley in …

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