Posted by TheHermit on January 3, 2003, at 11:58:15
In reply to Re: How much is a lobotomy nowadays?, posted by oracle on December 29, 2002, at 23:34:33
> > 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.
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> This was the so called "button hook" opperation.
> It sure did quiet them crazy folk down, though.
> left them with no memory or personality.I thought you were talking about ice-axes at first - Trotsky-style!
Another option is Trepanning. There's a complete chapter on how to do it right here:
http://www.noah.org/trepan/people_with_holes_in_their_heads.html
I'm not sure I fancy it myself, but maybe if I take a month's supply of Effexor and a fifth of vodka I'd be up for it - after all the Effexor on it's own doesn't seem to be a long-term solution: I'm just totally socio-phobic, unemployable zombie! Lotsa people seem to say trepanning's groovy - there was a docu. on it a while back. I thought it was done behind the ear though, and the trepanation tool sounds a lot safer than the electric drill approach that Joey Mellen and Amanda Fielding ended up with. Apparently the idea is to enable your brain to pulsate like it did when you were a baby with a flexible head, maximize the amount of blood in your brain, and give you a permanent high. Joey dropped acid to calm him down while he used the made the hole(s) (it took three attempts) - I guess your hands would shake less with LSD than vodka or cannabis! Anyway, if you do a Google search, it seems like you can buy the tools and everything. Then you just need a partner with a strong stomach!!
It's got a little more 'chic' than a random lobotomy, and has got to be less random than the SSRI's they've been trying me on for the last seven years - whaddya think?
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