Prefrontal Lobotomy in Chronic Schizophrenia [Silent](Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital, 1944)
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Published 2020-11-30
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All Comments (21)
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Lobotomised not for their inner torment, but for their outer inconvenience
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For these four patients especially chosen as success stories, there were at least 30 turned into plants by the lobotomy.
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This is terrifying to watch honestly. I hope those people had some semblance of joy in life, but seeing their dead eyes and fake smiles post surgery just.. it's one of the few truly horrific things I've seen
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The last patient probably had PTSD from his time in the army. Doctors treated it with electric shocks and a lobotomy. OMFG.
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This is more terrifying than any horror movie.
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Being born in this world is such a dangerous and risky thing in and of itself. You just have to hope you have a ‘normal’ brain and that the people taking care of you don’t irreversibly damage it through abuse anyway.
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I love the phrase "showing aggressive, antagonistic behavior in seclusion quarters." Gee, I wonder why that is? It's only the people that tortured him with electroshocks and kept him secluded like an animal...
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I am schizophrenic, and now that I see this, I would rather have all my episodes of wandering around with no concept of "reality" rather than sitting there smiling like an idiot
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What sucks about the "successful" lobotomy's, is that they are infantized. The "unsuccessful" lobotomy's usually left them animalistic, vacant, or unpredictable from what I remember. Imagine having a wonderful life and then having it taken away from you by a lobotomy. Thats scary shit.
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I'd probably be aggressive, resistive, and antagonistic too if you constantly electrocuted me then kept me tied up for a year straight because I got mad at you. Petty comment aside, the videos on this channel are so incredibly fascinating and insightful - Also the change in the 50 year old woman was actually quite incredible. She really seemed like her own person. Probably the most "ready to leave" out of all of them
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No “cure” it just makes them more “manageable” so it’s ultimately to provide “convenience” to the caretakers by making them more docile
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Whats sad is they thought this looked good. Imagine the cases and footage they didnt even use because they didnt think itd look as good and every single one of the people before the operations looked drugged out of their minds.
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Probably good there was no sound, so we couldn't hear the perfect sense the patient might have been making, before they stole her mind.
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cooperative patient? ya'll turned him into a flippin vegetable
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I'm amazed that the 50 year old woman actually looked functional and "quicker" when everyone else seemed slowed down. Makes me wonder what sort of variations in the operation occured since it seems like it was often a literal blind stab at change.
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I wonder if any of these people actually felt better or if it was like being trapped in your own head, the procedure forcing a smile on your face…or like your body is there but your soul is gone. Lights are on but no one’s home.
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"At times sarcastic and irritable" - hmm, sounds like me. I hope they don't lobotomize me because of it.
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Cooperative and pleasant after your ability to think was taken away.
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Keep in mind these are only the patients where it was "successful" most of them had severe brain damage after the operation and became a vegetable
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This is like the found VHS tape horror, but real
