Re:Dentists reveal new tooth decay treatment
by mikeash on Monday November 09, 2015 @02:36PM
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At least dental techniques work, even if they might not be very sophisticated or pleasant. Lobotomies just destroyed people. They were only successful in that they made the victims more compliant and less of a hassle for their caretakers, they didn't actually fix the problems.
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Re:Dentists reveal new tooth decay treatment
by Bluestrike2 on Monday November 09, 2015 @02:53PM
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When you get a chance, take a look at a photo of an orbitoclast (think ice pick). Hammer it in behind the eye socket, give it a good whack, and swing it around a bit. Walter Freeman, the asshole who invented the device, used to drive around the country in his little van performing lobotomies for $25 a pop. He had a nasty tendency to kill his patients; he even killed one when he stopped to have his photo taken with the pick in the patient's brain and accidentally rammed it in a bit too far. These things, of course, happen when you can't see what you're doing.
http://projects.wsj.com/lobotomyfiles/?ch=two
https://40.media.tumblr.com/995323300444f99ee37ffffaa834cfb1...
http://www.sculptorshop.com/oddities/lobotomy-walter-freeman...
Re:Dentists reveal new tooth decay treatment
by mikeash on Monday November 09, 2015 @03:16PM
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People like to say that "learning is fun," but I find that with the internet this is often not true.
Re:Dentists reveal new tooth decay treatment
by Bluestrike2 on Monday November 09, 2015 @05:14PM
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All too true at times.