The strange and curious history of lobotomy

Gerald · 11-08-11, 08:34 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15629160

Note: 8 November 2011 Last updated at 10:48 GMT

Takeda Shingen · 11-08-11, 08:39 PM

There was an episode of The American Experience on PBS about Walter Freeman last year. As much as I wanted to see it in it's entirety I couldn't get through it. I just about passed out once they started detailing how the procedure was done. Still get a little dizzy just thinking about it.

Gerald · 11-09-11, 12:30 AM

Well, I myself have a way feature, which makes one shake, so that the teeth get to work ... weird

Jimbuna · 11-09-11, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

There was an episode of The American Experience on PBS about Walter Freeman last year. As much as I wanted to see it in it's entirety I couldn't get through it. I just about passed out once they started detailing how the procedure was done. Still get a little dizzy just thinking about it.

I saw a programme in the UK where lomng needles were inserted via the eye sockets...not pleasant at all

Takeda Shingen · 11-09-11, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I saw a programme in the UK where lomng needles were inserted via the eye sockets...not pleasant at all

Yeah, that was the one. I get very squeemish with anything in or around the eyes. Makes for interesting trips to the opthamologist.

Jimbuna · 11-09-11, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Yeah, that was the one. I get very squeemish with anything in or around the eyes. Makes for interesting trips to the opthamologist.

Never liked the part of the eye test where air is blown against your pupil

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The air puff test is a slang term for non-contact tonometry (NCT), a test used during an eye exam to measure the pressure inside your eye. The air puff test gives your eye doctor an eye pressure reading, known as intraocular pressure (IOP), which helps detect glaucoma.

http://vision.about.com/od/eyeexameq..._Puff_Test.htm

TLAM Strike · 11-09-11, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

There was an episode of The American Experience on PBS about Walter Freeman last year. As much as I wanted to see it in it's entirety I couldn't get through it. I just about passed out once they started detailing how the procedure was done. Still get a little dizzy just thinking about it.

I saw that episode too a while ago. That guy should have been the one to get that "treatment". I guess to him leaving someone a vegetable or the mental equivalent of a baby was a "success".

mookiemookie · 11-09-11, 09:44 AM

From the thread title, I thought it was going to be a discussion of some of the political posts here in GT.

Sailor Steve · 11-09-11, 09:46 AM

That's why we have the old saying: "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."

Gerald · 11-09-11, 11:20 AM

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Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	There was an episode of The American Experience on PBS about Walter Freeman last year. As much as I wanted to see it in it's entirety I couldn't get through it. I just about passed out once they started detailing how the procedure was done. Still get a little dizzy just thinking about it.