Thinking back, they also performed unnecessary surgery on my when I was like 5 too. They lured me into a hospital with a promise of ice cream, knocked me out and cut something out of my throat. Maybe it was army doctors. There was a lot of that kind of thing going on back in the 60's. I have a weird circular scar on my shoulder too where they shot something into me... they probably implanted a microchip under my skin. It was a magical time.
That doesn't sound magical. Maybe in those days people thought that was the best thing to do for healths sake.