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Re:Dentists reveal new tooth decay treatment by Bluestrike2 on Monday November 09, 2015 @02:53PM (#10535349)
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 (#10535505)
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 (#10536213)
All too true at times.