Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 What the ...?!?!? http://projects.wsj.com/lobotomyfiles/?ch=one&ref=%2Fhome-page GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 We are here from the government and are here to help. Shameful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 A person should keep in mind that a lobotomy was considered a viable and acceptable medical procedure during that time period Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasty Newt # 7365 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Yes, it was. One of the Kennedy girls was lobotomized, and Joe could afford the best treatment available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 And then there were the LSD experiments of my era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 And we still don't understand mental health. Now we just treat them with drugs and turn them into zombies. I wish I knew how to make it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 And we still don't understand mental health. Now we just treat them with drugs and turn them into zombies. I wish I knew how to make it right. Yup.. GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 A person should keep in mind that a lobotomy was considered a viable and acceptable medical procedure during that time period So was cocaine ... At least modern medicine got us away from leeching GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kajun Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 If we can just get those operating rooms open again and do some rear lobotomies maybe we could rid ourselves of some of the rear ends in Washington DC. (sorry....just some of the goings on in DC have just been asinine lately....pun intended) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 So was cocaine ... At least modern medicine got us away from leeching GG Wrong--Leeching is very common in limb reattachment and transplants http://www.yalemedlaw.com/2011/08/medicinal-leeches-natures-finest-surgical-tool-from-the-swamps/ Cocaine is still used in medicine. http://www.entnet.org/Practice/policyMedicalUseCocaine.cfm LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Wrong--Leeching is very common in limb reattachment and transplants http://www.yalemedlaw.com/2011/08/medicinal-leeches-natures-finest-surgical-tool-from-the-swamps/ Cocaine is still used in medicine. http://www.entnet.org/Practice/policyMedicalUseCocaine.cfm LG I'm right. My context was that it is not nearly used as widespread as it was back then...these things are used much more smartly these days...Keep it in context.... I know about cocaine use today. I had a bad cut in the back of my throat and they used a liquid form to numb it then the doc cauterized it. GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Lot of sad stuff from the psychiatric hospital files of the 1950s; but a lot of major problems very hard to understand, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Lot of sad stuff from the psychiatric hospital files of the 1950s; but a lot of major problems very hard to understand, too. True - the good thing for future generations is that there is a learning moment in hopes that we improve all aspects - diagnostic and remedy. GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I'm right. My context was that it is not nearly used as widespread as it was back then...these things are used much more smartly these days...Keep it in context.... I know about cocaine use today. I had a bad cut in the back of my throat and they used a liquid form to numb it then the doc cauterized it. GG Context in the Saloon------ya 'rite'. How in the heck did you cut the back of your throat? Swallowing swords again? LG LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Context in the Saloon------ya 'rite'. How in the heck did you cut the back of your throat? Swallowing swords again? LG LG It was most likely a tortilla chip...please...don't laugh...woke up in the middle of the night with my pillow covered in blood GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 It was most likely a tortilla chip...please...don't laugh...woke up in the middle of the night with my pillow covered in blood GG ~ Ya gotta remember to chew, BEFORE you swallow. .................. LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 And then there were the LSD experiments of my era. And the radiation experiments.... soldiers, prisoners, minority children, mentally disabled adults and children.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumpman Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Don't forget the "Million Dollar Man" from the 70's.......and later "Woman".........."We have the technoligy, we can rebuild him!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The O'Meara Himself Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 My body has rejected 2 lobotomies. The O'Meara Himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Better a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy! Groucho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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