Circumvent Circumcision

Dorothy Childress Commissioner
Common Wealth of Pennsylvania
Department of State
Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs
Commissioner's Office
P.O. Box 2649
Harrisburg, Pa. 17105-2649
717-783-4854
Dear Ms. Childress,
        On January 15, 1999 I saw a television news show, 20/20, which showed Dr. Thomas Wiswell, a professor of pediatrics at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia Pa., perform what is believed by me to be a contraindicated procedure on Derrick Krumb. Derrick Krumb was held against his will and administered two shots of an anesthetic. Despite the anesthetic the infant cried when his prepuce was savagely separated from his glans.
        The presumed contraindicated procedure took place at Thomas Jefferson Hospital on an undeterminable date. Film crews and interviews from Dr. Timothy Johnson clearly show that a penile reduction took place.
        As an informed lay-person , based on the reporting of the tv. show 20/20, I contend:
1. There were no indications that warranted a penile reduction.
2. The parents had not the legal right to consent to a contraindicated procedure.
3. Dr. Wiswell acted in violation of State and Federal laws.
4. Dr. Wiswell violated the Hippocratic Oath.
5. A proper informed consent was not afforded to the parents of Derrick Krumb.
6. Derrick Krumb is a victim of sex discrimination.
7. Derrick Krumb is a victim of forced servitude.
8. Derrick Krumb is rendered as sexually dysfunctional and will suffer certain and undeterminable side effects as a result of a contraindicated procedure.
9. No pathology report was done as a result of this amputation.
10. The hospital, physician, staff, parents, reporter, ABC, and film crew acted irresponsibly in allowing the torture and sexual assault of Derrick Krumb.
        These allegations are brief and are not limited to a very long list of criminal allegations that could be placed on all persons directly involved in the human rights violation of the infant.
        The only person who had the legal right to consent to the cosmetic procedure was the underage victim himself
Respectfully,
[signed]
Erick L. Gustavson

Erick L. Gustavson
[address]

        I have received your statement of complaint dated March 29, 1999, and attached letter regarding your complaint against Thomas Wiswell, M.D. As Commissioner of the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, complaints filed with the State Board of Medicine fall under my jurisdiction. 

Erick L. Gustavson
[address]

        The Prosecution Division of the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, Legal Office has completed its inquiry into the complaint that you filed against Thomas E. Wiswell, M.D. Let me assure you that our office conducted a thorough inquiry of your complaint. However, we have decided not to file formal charges in this case.

        We appreciate your efforts in filing the complaint. Our office takes such complaints very seriously. The Commonwealth's system of licensing professionals and investigating allegations of misconduct would not function without the assistance of civic-minded people like you.

        Thank you for taking the time to file the complaint.