Lobotomies......"ice-pick-to-the- freaking-eye" psychiatry


	Lobotomies......"ice-pick-to-the- freaking-eye" psychiatry

Newfman

12-5-2007 5:12 PM

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Newfman says:

Interesting story at the link ending the story http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014080

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12-6-2007 2:05 AM

Joseph48

They really were flying over the cuckoo's nest back in the day! (see story about Francis Farmer).

However, I do join Newfman, in the interesting link at the end of the clip.

Could this explain dubya's "condition"!?

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