Lobotomies

**drunk** · 09-03-2023, 03:20 AM

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by 1951 almost 20,000 lobotomies were performed in the United States

the Surgeon drilled a hole into the person's head and dug out a piece of the person's brain

a high % had disastrous results with the victim coming out of the operation in a stupor

this happened to Rosemary Kennedy, the sister of President John Kennedy

after the operation she was institutionalized for a great many years

it was covered up by the family and the truth about what happened to her was never revealed until 1987

there have been reports that the the family patriarch Joseph Kennedy decided to do this because the family was embarrassed by her behavior which was odd but did not indicate severe mental illness

"Lobotomies are no longer performed in the United States. They began to fall out of favor in the 1950s and 1960s with the development of antipsychotic medications. The last recorded lobotomy in the United States was performed by Dr. Walter Freeman in 1967 and ended in the death of the person on whom it was performed"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomy

**Freightman** · 09-03-2023, 07:32 AM

I’d rather have a drink in font of me
than a frontal lobotomy

W.C. Fields

**Norm** · 09-03-2023, 07:53 AM

"I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"
"I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy"

First known usage was by Carlton W. Berenda, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. Also attributed to Steve Allen. I heard it first by Tom Waits on Fernwood2night.