Singapore's hidden history : The Great Koro Epidemic of 1967
Forty-three years ago, a strange series of events unfolded on the
island of Singapore. Hundreds of men rushed to the hospitals of the
island with the terrifying belief that their penises were
shrinking. Each feared that if his penis shrank away completely, he
would die. Some came with lucky red strings tightly wrapped around
their penises to prevent the lethal disappearance. Others had
clamps holding their wayward organs in place. Most often it was a
firm grasp of a hand, their own or a frightened family member’s,
that prevented the shrinking penis from slipping away and taking
their life with it. Oddly enough, about a dozen women also fell
victim to the panic. This was the Great Singapore Penis Panic, or
what doctors refer to as an epidemic of the psychiatric condition
called Koro.
Anyone have more info on this? Apparently the older
generation Singaporeans still remember this...