Here’s a little history on barbaric medical experiments that you probably weren’t taught in school. In the early 1950s, lobotomies were having something of a heyday in the United States. Approximately 50,000 lobotomies were performed in just a couple of years. Doctors were eager to drill holes into people’s skulls and carve out brain matter. …
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Here’s a little history on barbaric medical experiments that you probably weren’t taught in school. In the early 1950s, lobotomies were having something of a heyday in the United States.
Approximately50,000lobotomieswereperformedinjustacoupleofyears.Doctorswereeagertodrillholesintopeople’sskullsandcarveoutbrainmatter.ButtheUnitedStateswasanoutlierinthisregard.Elsewhereintheworld,aroundthesametime,lobotomieswerebeingoutlawed.TheSovietUnionbannedlobotomiesin1950,withofficialssayingthepracticewas“contrarytotheprinciplesofhumanity”becauseitturnedpeopleinto,“idiots.”Soonafterwards,countrieslikeGermanyandJapanfollowedsuitwiththeirownbansonlobotomies.ButtheUnitedStatesneverimplementedasimilarbanofitsown.T