Psycho-Surgery...Ice-Pick-Lobotomy...For The Uninformed...!

The Cuckoo Surgeon Who Did Ice-Pick Lobotomies

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Ice-Pick Lobotomy - Brain Surgery - Loboto-Mobile Circus Act...WTF?

The transorbital or "ice pick" lobotomy was done using electroconvulsive therapy to render the patient unconscious.

1) High Voltage, Low Current Electric Shock, Through the Brain.

2) Check your Victim for Unconsciousness.

3) Ice-Pick Jammed into your Skull.

4) Wiggle it around disrupting Brain Tissue.

5) You're Cured...!

In the unfortunate patient, the frontal lobes would be cut away from the rest of the brain by a simple and quick side-to-side motion, leaving the person with irreversible and enduring consequences.

Now you know one of the meanings of the word Skullduggery...

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Another Method...
After drilling holes in the skull, the doctor pressed on the back of the tool, which extended a wire or metal loop inside. By extending and then retracting the leucotome, he could remove cores of white matter.

Yikes...!

The wonders of our Science / Medical Communities...
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