Posted by oracle on December 29, 2002, at 23:34:33
In reply to Re: How much is a lobotomy nowadays?, posted by Tabitha on December 27, 2002, at 19:34:16
> I think the icepick went in thru the eye sockets, not the skull. The lucky recipients ended up with big black eyes. THere was some famous doctor who pioneered it who could do hundreds per day. Yuck. What a psycho.
This was the so called "button hook" opperation.
It sure did quiet them crazy folk down, though.
left them with no memory or personality.However, "Psyco surgury" is still done today in extream cases. Very specific destruction of connections and structures in the brain when those structures are ID'ed to be the cause of the problems.
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