Podcast appearances and mentions of Walter Freeman

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 33:42

Today, we're far from Walter Freeman and his ice pick lobotomies. But there are growing concerns about a new form of brain surgery that sounds like science fiction. The surgery involves devices known as neural implants, which connect the brain directly to computers. In this interview, Lindsay talks with Chris Kenneally, a science journalist and author. The two discuss the remarkable benefits of neural implants—as well as the deep fears they're already raising.Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/americanscandal.Support us by supporting our sponsors! Sleep Number - Get special offers, for a limited time. Only at Sleep Number stores or sleepnumber.com/AS.Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

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The Ice Pick Surgeon | JFK's Response | 4

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 44:41

President Kennedy signs a bill that transforms mental healthcare in America. With his legacy on the line, Walter Freeman begins a desperate—and dangerous—quest to redeem the lobotomy.Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/americanscandal.Support us by supporting our sponsors! Zebra - Visit thezebra.com/AS to get your free quote today!

The Ice Pick Surgeon | A New Threat | 3

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 41:19

Walter Freeman goes public with his ice pick lobotomies. But that earns him new enemies—including some who are determined to stop him.Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/americanscandal.Support us by supporting our sponsors! Storyworth - Get started right away with no shipping required by going to storyworth.com/AS. You'll get $10 dollars off your first purchase!

The Ice Pick Surgeon | Trial and Error | 2

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 43:21

Walter Freeman and James Watts begin to experiment with the lobotomy. But their partnership is tested when a high-profile patient suffers disastrous results.Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/americanscandal. Support us by supporting our sponsors! Better Help - Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/as.

The Ice Pick Surgeon | Search for a Cure | 1

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Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 42:12

Walter Freeman is devastated when he learns the truth about mental asylums. The medical care is barbaric, and for patients, everyday life is a nightmare. So Freeman begins searching for an alternative. It's a quest that leads him to one of the most controversial procedures in medical history.Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/americanscandal.Support us by supporting our sponsors!Zebra - Visit thezebra.com/AS.

Walter Freeman - Lobotomiens far

Virkelig Grusomt

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 55:05

Av alt det grusomme vi mennesker har gjort med hverandre gjennom historien må vel lobotomien være noe av det verste. Walter Freeman blir ofte sett på som lobotomiens far og den som gjorde inngrepet utbredt i den vestlige verden på 40 og 50-tallet. Tone forteller om Freeman, historien om lobotomien, og de skjebnesvangre konsekvensene for pasientene.Kort YouTube video om Walter Freeman: https://youtu.be/SBZbvWKNNpc -Wikipedia artikkel om Walter Freeman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Jackson_Freeman_II -Wikipedia artikkel om lobotomi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomy -Wikipedia artikkel om lobotomi i Norge: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomi

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Danvers Lunatic Asylum

Midnight Train Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 108:11

The Danvers State Hospital, also known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers, The Danvers Lunatic Asylum, and The Danvers State Insane Asylum, was a psychiatric hospital located on what was once known as Hawthorne Hill, in Danvers, Massachusetts. This is ironically where the Salem Witch Trials judge, John Hathorne, once lived. Which, sounds like a future train ride or bonus… maybe. It’s been done a lot. And HOLY SHIT was that a fucked up situation. If you think people are judgmental now, OH BOY! Once occupied on a hilltop site of over 500 acres with a commanding view of Boston 18 miles to the south. Known as Hawthorne Hill, Porter Hill, and Dodge's Hill, the Commonwealth purchased the site in 1874 from Francis Dodge, who owned the 200 acre Dodge Farm and was a local farmer and Civil War veteran, for a whopping $39,542, right around $907,322.41 in today's money. It was laviously covered with established oak, pine, and apple groves. Speaking of apples, my family owns the distinct privilege of finding and documenting the first “Golden Delicious'' apple tree. The original tree was found on the Mullins' family farm (My grandmother was a Mullins) in Clay County, West Virginia, in the U.S. of Fuckin’ A, and was locally known as Mullin's Yellow Seedling and Annit apple. Maybe you don’t give a shit and maybe you do. Either way, that’s now a part of YOUR useless knowledge. Suggit! Just kidding… kind of. The State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers was erected, (erected… hehe) under the supervision of prominent Boston architect Nathaniel J Bradlee, in an extremely rural, out-of-the-way location.The immediate crisis which precipitated the building of a mental hospital north of Boston was the imminence in the early 1870's of the closing of the facility at South Boston. In 1873, Worcester, Taunton and Northampton and the 1866 Tewksbury Asylum for chronic patients were already housing 1300 patients in buildings designed for 1000; So, a LITTLE tiny bit crowded. And another 1200 patients were scattered about in various other hospitals. At a cost of $1.5 million at the time, right around $39,237,300 the hospital originally consisted of two main center buildings, housing the administration, with four radiating wings on each side of the Administration Block. Said to be the inspiration for our own episode topic H.P. Lovecraft’s Arkham Sanatorium, Danvers had a gothic design that has captured the imagination of horror aficionados, the world over. The kitchen, laundry, chapel, and dormitories for the attendants were in a connecting building in the rear. Middleton Pond supplied the hospital its water. On each side of the main building were the wings, for male and female patients respectively. The outermost wards were reserved for the most hostile patients. It included space for patients, attendants, and administration, reflecting a centralized approach to care. Later buildings were added such as the Male and Female Nurses Homes representing the segregation of patients and staff; the male & female tubercular buildings and the Bonner Medical Building represent specialization of medical treatment; the cottages, repair shops and farm buildings represent an increased self-sufficiency for the hospital, an emphasis on occupational therapy and increased dispersal of the hospital population. A circumferential (my 10 point scrabble word) and interior road network serviced the entire complex. The hospital opened on May 1st, 1878 and the hospital's first patients arrived on May 13th. Dr. Calvin S. May was appointed Superintendent through 1880. Previous to Danvers, Dr. May was an Assistant Physician at the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane from 1874-1877, and for 1877 was Acting Superintendent. While Danvers was originally established to provide residential treatment and care to the mentally ill, its functions expanded to include a training program for nurses in 1889 and a pathological research laboratory in 1895. By the 1920's the hospital was operating school clinics to help determine mental deficiency in children. During the 1960's as a result of increased emphasis on alternative methods of treatment and deinstitutionalization and community based mental health care, the inpatient population started to decrease. Danvers State Hospital closed on June 24, 1992 due to budget cuts within the mental health system by the former Governor, William Weld. Danvers State Hospital, originally known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers, was significant in both architectural and social history. Designed in 1874 by noted Boston architect, N.J. Bradlee, it is an implementation of the nationally recognized Kirkbride plan. When built it represented the latest contemporary advances in technology and engineering as well as architecture. Later additions reflect changes in mental health care philosophy and contribute to an understanding of the overall functioning of the hospital. Historically, Danvers State Hospital was significant for its leading role in treatment of the insane including an advanced occupational therapy program, early training facilities for staff, and a long-term concern with community health issues. Thus, Danvers State Hospital possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship. Concern for the disadvantaged, including the poor, the sick, and the mentally disturbed, was recognized as a responsibility of the public sector in Massachusetts since its early 17th century settlement period. Until the mid-19th century, the charge for their care rested primarily with the towns in which they resided through locally established poor farms: As the towns' duties in 'this regard- became unwieldy and largely' unfulfilled, due to in part to the pressures of immigration and rapidly increasing numbers of unsettled poor, the state stepped in first establishing the Board of Commissioners of Alien Passengers (1851) and in 1863 the Board of State Charities. Though still administratively combined, different facilities and types of care were gradually provided to victims of varying types of misfortune. For example, by 1863, three state hospitals specifically to care for the insane had been built: at Worcester (1877), at Taunton (1854), and at Northampton (1856). . Bradlee's design for Danvers State Hospital was based on his unbuilt 1867 plan and 1868 plan for an insane asylum at Winthrop. Many locations were picked including Nahant, Chelsea, Dorchester and Roxbury but the state purchased land in Winthrop. After numerous appeals to relocate Winthrop to another location, Danvers was finally chosen. A logical choice of the Danvers commissioners in December 1873, he prepared for this project by researching hospitals at Worcester, MA Poughkeepsie, NY, Concord, NH, Philadelphia, Trenton, and one under construction at Morristown, NJ. On this basis, he asked for $900,000 almost half again what the commissioners had allotted in April and picked draftsman James F. Ellis to be superintending architect during its construction. The Danvers site, was chosen for its beauty, privacy, view, and farming potential. Eighteen miles north of Boston, 2 miles west of Danvers, 7 miles from the coal port at Salem, accessibility to visitors and a supply of heating fuel were also deciding factors. The "Swan's Crossing" station (later renamed Asylum Station) on the Lawrence Branch of the Eastern Railroad sat on the northern border of the tract. Under the supervision of Lynn engineer Charles Hammond, an overall site plan was drawn up, locating the main building on the crown of Hathorne Hill and providing also for a support network of roads and room for a farming operation. Bitter controversy over the building of Danvers State Hospital centered around its configuration, ornamentation and cost. Construction began May l, 1874, eventually cost a whopping $1,464, 940. 57. Many agreed that "Danvers rank(ed) among the foremost in its facilities for convenience in practical operation, its provisions for securing that purity of atmosphere which is necessary to the perfection of hygienic conditions and in its general adaptation to the purpose for which it was intended." They explained "the plan, the style, the architect, and the thoroughness and permanence of the work already performed." In 1877 an inquiry was held into cost overruns during which the issue of the hospital's style, dubbed "Domestic Gothic" by Bradlee, inevitably surfaced. The Commissioners defended their plans which when exhibited at the International Exhibition in Philadelphia, received the only award made to this country for plans for an insane hospital. Others lined up behind Senator Sanborn who, calling it the "Hospital Palace at Danvers", argued that "even many a royal palace is neither so large nor so pretentious architecturally as the hospital at Danvers." (Sanborn, E.F.; The Hospital Palace at Danvers ; 1877). Pliny Earle, then Superintendent at the State Lunatic Asylum in Northampton "decried the trend to excessive ornamentation in hospital architecture, preferring comfortable interiors to 'gorgeous exteriors', suggesting that domes, towers, and turrets are very appropriately situated 'at universities like Harvard and Yale but are scarcely appropriate' when they stand as monuments over the misfortune and the miseries of men. "(Lucy Sanborn, The towers and turrets were in fact necessary to the building's ventilating system, not merely stylistic features.) The investigating committee concluded that several errors in judgment had been made. While the hospital commissioners were “superseded” early as a reprimand, a $150,000 appropriation was awarded to allow the completion of construction. The first patient was admitted May 13, 1878. Provision of pure water, an important component in 19th century mental health therapy, was also the subject of argument during the construction and early years of the hospital. The nearby Ipswich River was explored early as a source. Ultimately, the town of Danvers, which had in 1874 established its own water supply from Middleton Pond at Wills' Hill, indicated its willingness to service the hospital's needs as well. In 1876, an agreement was struck whereby the town would build its own intermediate reservoir on the grounds to supply a gravity feed system via a series of ten 5000 gallon tanks in the attic. The towns' inability to cope with a rapidly rising and undigested anti-social population was not the only impetus behind state involvement in mental health. Another important component was the move away from "demonology" toward moral treatment of the insane, a cause which was loudly and publicly championed by such social reformers as Boston's Dorothea Lynde Dix. Her energetic career (1841-1887) had significant local as well as national and international impact. Ok, so what the fuck is “demonolgy”? Demonology, as some of you dark sumbitches may know, is the study of demons or beliefs about demons. They may be nonhuman, separable souls, or discarnate spirits which have never inhabited a body. Once smarty pants doctors and psychologists realized that people were mentally ill and stopped pointing their fingers at them for being “possessed by the goddamn devil!”, science slowly moved in and people started to receive the help they needed. At mid-century, the humanistic approach toward care of the insane was generally accepted, about time, dummies...yet controversy still surrounded the form or building arrangement such institutions should assume. Some, heavily represented on the State Board of Charities, favored the dispersion of the dependent as opposed to their congregation. The other faction in the controversy, which found many supporters in the Association of Medical' Superintendents, favored a large, highly centralized complex. Chief proponent of the centralized plan was Thomas S. Kirkbride, M.D., L.L.D. (1809-1883), a founder of the American Psychiatric Association, physician to the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, and friend of Dorothea Lynde Dix. Sorry about your name, Dorothea. Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride, who is a legitimate badass and who served the Pennsylvania Hospital as the superintendent from 1841-1883 created a humane and compassionate environment for his patients, and believed that beautiful settings restored patients to a more natural "balance of the senses". Dr. Kirkbride's progressive therapies and innovative writings on hospital design along with management became known as the (DUN DUN DUN) Kirkbride Plan, which influenced, in one form or another, almost every American state hospital by the turn of the century including Danvers. Kirkbride the badass devised a specific institutional model, thereafter known as the (DUN DUN DUN) Kirkbride Plan, which was built upon in all thirty states then in existence and in several European cities. H.H. Richardson, the prominent American architect. for example, built a variation of the Kirkbride Plan hospital in Buffalo, NY in the early 1870s in cooperation with Frederick Law Olmsted. The Kirkbride Plan provided that mental hospitals should: be built “in the country” though accessible at all seasons be set on grounds of at least 100 acres house a maximum of 250 patients be built of stone or brick with slate or metal roof and otherwise made as fireproof as possible be composed of 8 wards, separated according to sex, and built according to other specifications as to size, location, and material of accommodations be organized with wings flanking a central administration building house the most "excited" patients in the end or outermost wings provide an abundance of "pure fresh air" Kirkbride's hospitals were intended as monuments to the belief that most insane are curable and thus that the function of the hospital is primarily curative and not custodial. That curative process was to be greatly enhanced by pleasant surroundings, fresh air, and pure water. Fully developed Massachusetts' examples of the Kirkbride Plan exist at Danvers and at Worcester By the turn of the 20th century, Danvers State Hospital had outgrown its site and facilities. Therefore, in 1902 an additional 100 acres straddling the towns of Danvers and Middleton, was purchased and a major building campaign was undertaken. Twentieth century additions to the hospital reflect not only growth of the patient population, but also an increased emphasis on occupational therapy and current theories of decentralized care. Large barns (demolished) were built as were new buildings for the men who helped out the farming venture. Grove Hall and Farm Hall and for women chronic patients (Middleton Colony 1903). In fact, after the very first year of its operation, once the layout was decided, roads, fences, piggery, corn barn, wagon shed, manure cellar, and apple orchard were in place. After only the second, 50 cords of wood and 10,386 lbs. of fresh pork were realized. The farm continued to grow and prosper and soon became a famous model. The Danvers onion, locally derived by the Gregory Seed Co., was among the many vegetables grown. Elaborate pleasure gardens were established adjacent to the Kirkbride complex to supplement recreational therapy programs. In fact, the Danvers State Hospital was so remarkable that it attracted 12,000 yearly visitors as early as 1880. In addition to visiting patients, they brought contributions of books, magazines, and flowers and conducted religious services. Thus, was established a pattern of community involvement for which the hospital would later become noted. As originally established, the Danvers hospital was to be run by a resident Superintendent appointed by an unpaid lay Board of Trustees, chosen by the Governor. Central authority lay with the Board of State Charities (after 1879-The State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity). In 1898 the leadership role of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts radically advanced with the information of the State Board of Insanity, the first in the United States. Landmark legislation: took the poor out of the almshouses and put them under state control. introduced occupational therapy and social services. emphasized mental hygiene, and called for professional training of nurses and attendants. Danvers State Hospital became a leader in the implementation of these progressive and humanitarian tenets, becoming one of "the most advanced institutions of the kind in the country providing all practical means possible for intelligent treatments of insanity as a disease." (Frank E. Moynaham (Publisher), Danvers, Massachusetts (Danvers: Danvers Mirror, 1899) Danvers State made extensive early use of occupational therapy. In addition to working the farm and greenhouses, patients repaired facilities (like the reservoir-1912), dug tunnels (like the one to the Nurses' Home-1913), and built small buildings (like the 1917 slaughter house built from patient-made concrete blocks). They also made shoes and participated in other crafts and Montessori kindergarten exercises. Patient crafts were sold to the public and exhibited (along with displays about the hospital's latest therapeutic techniques) at exhibitions; like the Boston Mechanics Hall Textile Show (1916) and the one at Stoneham (1919). Mental and physical hygiene at Danvers State was guided by the most advanced contemporary thinking (despite epidemics such as the great outbreak of bacillary dysentery of 1908 in which 36 died). Primary ingredients in the program were recreational therapy (gardens, etc.) fresh air supplied by an advanced ventilating system, and especially hydrotherapy. It was believed that the use of water baths to ameliorate the clogged condition of the brain would allow for the discontinuance of irritating restraints and depressing drugs and advanced pathology department supported the hygiene effort. Danvers State Hospital established the second nursing school in Massachusetts (1889) and the second nurses' home in the state (Gray Gables-1898). It had already pioneered by being the first Massachusetts mental hospital to hire a woman doctor (1879). By the end of the 1920s, two large nurses' homes had been built on the property, one for female nurses and the other for male. The hospital was a leader in the area of community involvement from the start. As early as 1907, the Superintendent was advocating a preventive mental health program. In 1909 the "Danvers Series" was inaugurated to share the results of research at the hospital. By 1912 there was an active community mental health program. "From such beginnings grew the Massachusetts Plan in which the state hospital is regarded as the center of mental hygiene and psychiatric activity throughout the district." About the same time the Massachusetts Plan was being popularized, 1938, the current Department of Mental Health was set up. It succeeded the Commission on Mental Diseases, which had replaced the State Board of Insanity in 1916. By the 1920s the hospital was operating school clinics to help determine mental deficiency in children. Reports were made that various inhumane shock therapies, lobotomies, drugs, and straitjackets were being used to keep the crowded hospital under control. This sparked controversy. Shock therapy and straight jackets became the norm. The thinking was that jolts of electricity could either alter a patient’s brain or make the patient afraid of shock therapy and scare them into submission. When they misbehaved, they were put in straight jackets and forgotten. When shock therapy failed, the lobotomies started. In 1939, the medical community was looking for a permanent fix to the crisis facing mental health facilities. The population of the hospital swelled to 2,360. A total of 278 people died at the hospital that year. Medical science saw lobotomies as a cure for anyone’s insanity, and as a way to stop the deaths. Neurology experts often called Danvers State Hospital the “birthplace of the prefrontal lobotomy.” Brought to the US and perfected by Dr. Walter Freeman, most while at Danvers. The moniker came from its widespread use, but also from the deplorable procedures refinement at the hospital. What is a lobotomy, you may ask yourself, well… self, I’ll tell you. LOBOTOMY (from the Greek lobos, meaning lobes of the brain, and tomos, meaning cut) is a psychosurgical procedure in which the connections the prefrontal cortex, the section of the frontal cortex that lies at the very front of the brain, in front of the premotor cortex, and underlying structures are severed, or the frontal cortical tissue is destroyed, the theory being that this leads to the uncoupling of the brain's emotional centres and the seat of intellect (in the subcortical structures and the frontal cortex, respectively). The lobotomy was first performed on humans in the 1890s. About half a century later, it was being touted by some as a miracle cure for mental illness, and its use became widespread; during its heyday in the 1940s and '50s, the lobotomy was performed on some 40,000 patients in the United States, and on around 10,000 in Western Europe. The procedure became popular because there was no alternative, and because it was seen to alleviate several social crises: overcrowding in psychiatric institutions, and the increasing cost of caring for mentally ill patients. Um, because they were making ZOMBIES!! Although psychosurgery has been performed since the dawn of civilization, the origins of the modern lobotomy are found in animal experiments carried out towards the end of the nineteenth century. The German physiologist Friedrich Goltz (1834-1902) performed SURGICAL removal of the neocortex in dogs, and observed the changes in behaviour that occurred as a result: I have mentioned that dogs with a large lesion in the anterior part of the brain generally show a change in character in the sense that they become excited and quite apt to become irate. Dogs with large lesions of the occipital lobe on the other hand become sweet and harmless, even when they were quite nasty before. Poor dogs...These findings inspired the physician Gottlieb Burkhardt (1836- ?), the director of a small asylum in Prefargier, Switzerland, to use these removals of the cortex to try and cure his mentally ill patients. In 1890, Burkhardt removed parts of the frontal cortex from 6 of his schizophrenic patients. One of these patients later committed suicide, and another died within one week of his surgery. Thus, although Burkhardt believed that his method had been somewhat successful, he faced strong opposition, and stopped experimenting with brain surgery. Quitter. It was not until the 1930s that lobotomy was again performed on humans. The modern procedure was pioneered at that time by the Portugese neuropsychiatrist Antonio Egas Moniz, a professor at the University of Lisbon Medical School. While attending a frontal lobe symposium in London, Moniz learned of the work of Carlyle Jacobsen and John Fulton, both of whom were experimental neurologists at Yale University. Jacobsen and Fulton reported that frontal and prefrontal cortical damage in chimpanzees led to a massive reduction in aggression, while complete removal of the frontal cortex led to the inability to induce experimental neuroses in the chimps. Here, they describe the post-operational behaviour of a chimp named "Becky", who had previously got extremely distressed after making mistakes during the task she had learnt: The chimpanzee...went to the experimental cage. The usual procedure of baiting the cup and lowering the opaque screen was followed...If the animal made a mistake, it showed no evidence of emotional disturbance but quietly awaited the loading of the cups for the next trial. It was as if the animal had joined the "happiness cult of the Elder Micheaux," and had placed its burdens on the Lord! On hearing the presentation by Jacobsen and Fulton, Moniz asked if the surgical procedure would be beneficial for people with otherwise untreatable psychoses. Although the Yale researchers were shocked by the question, Moniz, together with his colleague Almeida Lima, operated on his first patient some three months later. On November, 12th, 1935, Moniz and Lima performed for the first time what they called a prefrontal leucotomy ("white matter cutting"). The operation was carried out on a female manic depressive patient, and lasted about 30 minutes. The patient was first anaesthetized, and her skull was perforated on both sides (that is, holes were drilled through the bone). Then, absolute alcohol was injected through the holes in the skull, into the white matter beneath the prefrontal area. Jebus christmas! In this way, two of the bundles of nerve fibres connecting the frontal cortex and the thalamus were severed. (The thalamus is either of two masses of gray matter lying between the cerebral hemispheres of the brain on either side of the third ventricle, relaying sensory information and acting as a center for pain perception.) Moniz reported that the patient seemed less anxious and paranoid afterwards, and pronounced the operation a success. Subsequently, he and Lima used a knife, which, when inserted through the holes in the skull and moved back and forth within the brain substance would sever the thalamo-cortical connections. What the fuck!!!! They later developed a special wire knife called a leucotome, (that sounds better, doesn’t it?) which had an open steel loop at its end; when closed, the loop severed the nerve tracts within it. You know who else used an object like that? Yep! Egyptians who turned people into mummies. These procedures were "blind" - the exact path of the leucotome could not be determined, so the operations produced mixed results. Ya think?! In some cases, there were improvements in behaviour; in others, there was no noticeable difference; and in yet others, the symptoms being treated became markedly worse! In all, Moniz and Lima operated on approximately 50 patients. FIFTY! The best results were obtained in patients with mood disorders, while the treatment was least effective in schizophrenics. In 1936, Moniz published his findings in medical journals, and travelled to London, where he presented his work to others in the medical community. In 1949, he was shot four times by one of his patients (on a positive note, it wasn’t one who had been lobotomized… SHOCKER!); one of the bullets entered his spine and remained lodged there until his death some years later. In the same year as the shooting, Moniz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine, for his innovations in neurosurgery AND SCRAMBLING PEOPLES BRAIN EGGS! So, what in the shit does this have to do with Danvers Lunatic asylum? Well... The American clinical neurologist Walter Freeman (1895-1972) had been following the work of Moniz closely, and had also attended the symposium on the frontal lobe. It was Freeman who introduced the lobotomy to the United States, and who would later become the biggest advocate of the technique. With neurosurgeon James Watts, Freeman refined the technique developed by Moniz. They changed the name of the technique to "lobotomy", to emphasize that it was white and grey matter that was being destroyed. The Freeman-Watts Standard Procedure was used for the first time in September 1936. Also known as "the precision method", this involved inserting a blunt spatula through holes in both sides of the skull; the instrument was moved up and down to sever the thalamo-cortical fibers (above). However, Freeman was unhappy with the new procedure. He considered it to be both time-consuming and messy, and so developed a quicker method, the so-called "ice-pick"lobotomy, Did you get that? ICE… PICK…! which he performed for the first time on January 17th, 1945. With the patient rendered unconscious by electroshock, an instrument was inserted above the eyeball, mmmhmmm... through the orbit using a hammer. (Calm down, Thor) Once inside the brain, the instrument was moved back and forth; this was then repeated on the other side. (The ice-pick lobotomy, named as such because the instrument used resembled the tool with which ice is broken, is therefore also known as the transorbital lobotomy. Freeman's new technique could be performed in about 10 minutes. Because it did not require anaesthesia, it could be performed outside of the clinical setting, and lobotomized patients did not need hospital internment afterwards. Thus, Freeman often performed lobotomies in his Washington D.C. office, much to the horror of Watts, who would later dissociate himself from his former colleague and the procedure, because fuck that guy! Freeman happily performed ice-pick lobotomies on anyone who was referred to him. During his career, he would perform almost 3,500 operations. Like the leucotomies performed by Moniz and Lima, those performed by Freeman were blind, and also gave mixed results. Some of his patients could return to work, while others were left in something like a vegetative state. Most famously, Freeman lobotomized President John F. Kennedy's sister Rosemary, who’s lobotomy was scheduled BY HER FATHER and without her mother knowing, because she was mentally impaired!! She was incapacitated by the operation, which was performed on her when she was only 23 years of age. Rosemary spent the next six decades hidden from the public in a Wisconsin Catholic institution, where she was cared for by nuns. She died there in 2005 at age 86. Her father never visited her again, and her siblings rarely spoke of her. WHAT THE FUCK, KENNEDYS!?! Also, on December 16th, 1960, Freeman notoriously performed an ice-pick lobotomy on a 12-year-old boy named Howard Dully, at the behest of Dully's wicked fucking stepmother, who had grown tired of his defiant behaviour. Howard went on to say “My stepmother hated me. I never understood why, but it was clear she'd do anything to get rid of me...If you saw me you'd never know I'd had a lobotomy. The only thing you'd notice is that I'm very tall and weigh about 350 pounds. But I've always felt different - wondered if something's missing from my soul. I have no memory of the operation, and never had the courage to ask my family about it. So [recently] I set out on a journey to learn everything I could about my lobotomy...It took me years to get my life together. Through it all I've been haunted by questions: 'Did I do something to deserve this?, Can I ever be normal?', and, most of all, 'Why did my dad let this happen?'” Dully's mother had died when he was 5 years old, and his father subsequently remarried a woman named Lou. Freeman's notes later revealed that Lou Dully feared her stepson, and described him as "defiant and savage-looking". According to the notes: He doesn't react to either love or punishment. He objects to going to bed but then sleeps well. He does a good deal of daydreaming and when asked about it says 'I don't know.' He turns the room's lights on when there is broad daylight outside. Freeman recorded the events leading up to Dully's lobotomy: [Nov. 30, 1960] Mrs. Dully came in for a talk about Howard. Things have gotten much worse and she can barely endure it. I explained to Mrs. Dully that the family should consider the possibility of changing Howard's personality by means of transorbital lobotomy. Mrs. Dully said it was up to her husband, that I would have to talk with him and make it stick. [Dec. 3, 1960] Mr. and Mrs. Dully have apparently decided to have Howard operated on. I suggested [they] not tell Howard anything about it. Following the operation, the notebook reads: I told Howard what I'd done to him...and he took it without a quiver. He sits quietly, grinning most of the time and offering nothing. About 40 years after his lobotomy, he discussed the operation with his father for the first time. He discovered that it was his stepmother who had found Dr. Freeman, after being told by other doctors that there was nothing wrong, and that his father had been manipulated by this evil cunt and Freeman into allowing the operation to be performed. Sorry about the C word, but...what would you call her? The poor kid probably had HDD or something far less problematic than the need for a FUCKING LOBOTOMY! It was largely because of Freeman that the lobotomy became so popular during the 1940s and '50s. He travelled across the U. S., teaching his technique to groups of psychiatrists who were not qualified to perform surgery. Freeman was very much a showman; he often deliberately tried to shock observers by performing two-handed lobotomies, or by performing the operation in a production line manner. (He once lobotomized 25 women in a single day.) Journalists were often present on his "tours'' of hospitals, so that his appearance would end up on the front page of the local newspaper; he was also featured in highly popular publications such as Time and Life. Often, these news stories exaggerated the success of lobotomy in alleviating the symptoms of mental illness. Consequently, the use of lobotomies became widespread. As well as being used to treat the criminally insane, lobotomies were also used to "cure" political dissidents. It was alleged that the procedure was used routinely on prisoners against their will, and the use of lobotomies was strongly criticised on the grounds that it infringed the civil liberties of the patients. An excellent account of the effects of lobotomy, and of the ethical implications of the use of the procedure, can be found in Ken Kesey's book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. (This was made into a film in 1975, by Milos Forman, who received the Academy Award for Best Director. Jack Nicholson won the award for Best Actor in a Lead Role.) The use of lobotomies began to decline in the mid- to late-1950s, for several reasons. Firstly, although there had always been critics of the technique, opposition to its use became very fierce. Secondly, and most importantly, phenothiazine-based neuroleptic (anti-psychotic) drugs, such as chlorpromazine, became widely available. These had much the same effect as psychosurgery gone wrong; thus, the surgical method was quickly superseded by the chemical lobotomy. Visitors to Danvers State Hospital in the early 1940s reported lobotomy patients wandering aimlessly through the halls of the hospital. The patients didn’t complain, because many of them just stared blankly at walls. Patients walked around in a drugged, hellish daze. No one would let them leave and held them against their will. During the 1960s as a result of increased emphasis on alternative methods of treatment, deinstitutionalization, and community-based mental health care, the inpatient population started to decrease. Massive budget cuts in the 1960s played a major role in the progressive closing of Danvers State hospital. The hospital began closing wards and facilities as early as 1969. By 1985, the majority of the original hospital wards were closed or abandoned. The Administration Block, in the original Kirkbride, building closed in 1989. Patients were moved to the Bonner Medical Building across the campus. The great shift in mental health treatment came with the invention of psychopharmaceuticals, the early “hypnotics.” Though drugs like chloral hydrate, morphine, and opium had been in use for much of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the advent of modern antipsychotics such as chlorpromazine (Thorazine) “revolutionized” the care of the “mentally ill.” With the help of this new breed of drug, hospitals were able to admit and manage a greater number of patients. The population at Danvers peaked at nearly 3,000 in the late 1960’s and into the early 1970’s. Patients were regularly treated using not only psychotropic medications but also electroshock therapy, hydrotherapy, and psychosurgery (also known as the prefrontal lobotomy). Asylum populations began to shift dramatically and hospitals moved away from the centralized model, choosing instead to unitize, working with the various regions to provide as much community support as possible. Eventually reports began to surface of abuse and neglect within the hospital’s walls. Suspicious deaths, patient escapes, and violent assaults were all recorded. By the late 1980’s the hospital’s main operations were moved from the Kirkbride to the more modern Bonner Building across the way. By the time the remaining hospital buildings were closed down for good in 1992, the buildings had begun to decay and by and large the public was happy that the state hospital was no more. The doors to Bradlee’s architectural masterpiece were locked and the Castle on the Hill was abandoned. The remaining and lasting impression of Danvers State Hospital was that it was a snake pit where the mentally ill went to languish and often die. The entire campus was closed on June 24, 1992 and all patients were either transferred to the community or to other facilities In December 2005, the property was sold to AvalonBay Communities, a residential apartment developer. A lawsuit was filed by a local preservation fund to stave off the demolition of the hospital, including the Kirkbride building, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This did not stop the process, however, and demolition of most of the buildings began in January 2006, with the intent to build 497 apartments on the 77-acre (310,000 m2) site. By June 2006, all of the Danvers State Hospital buildings that were marked for demolition had been torn down, including all of the unused buildings and old homes on the lower grounds and all of the buildings on the hill. Demolition was done by Testa Corp. of Wakefield, Massachusetts. The historic Kirkbride was also demolished, with only the outermost brick shell of the administration area (along with the G and D wards on each side) being propped up during demolition and construction while an entirely new structure was built behind and inside of it, leaving the historic Danvers Reservoir and the original brick shell. Much of the wood from the demolition project was salvaged and recycled into flooring and other millwork. A replica of the original tower/steeple on the Kirkbride was built to duplicate what was removed around 1970, due to structural issues. (The first picture illustrates the original tower in 1893, the second and third pictures illustrate the new replica in 2006 and 2007, and the fourth picture illustrates the one from 1970.) Avalon Bay predicted that they would have properties available for rent or sale by Fall 2007. On April 7, 2007, four of the apartment complex buildings and four of Avalon Bay's construction trailers burned down in a large fire visible from Boston, nearly 17 mi (27 km) away. Damage was confined mostly to the buildings under construction on the eastern end, but the remaining Kirkbride spires caught fire due to the high heat. The tunnel leading up from the power plant still exists, but is blocked at the top of the hill. Only the exterior of the Kirkbride complex was preserved in the demolition, and the cemeteries, several blocked tunnels, and the brick shell of the administration and the D and G wings are all that remain from the original site. Richard Trask of the Danvers Archival Center wrote, concerning the state's failure to preserve the Kirkbride complex, noting: “The failure to protect and adaptively reuse this grand exterior is a monumental blot in the annals of Massachusetts preservation. What might have been a dignified transformation of a magnificent structure which was originally built to serve the best intentions, but at times lost its way through human frailty, now is a mere ghost-image of itself.” On June 27, 2014, Avalon Bay Communities, Inc,. sold the property for $108.5 M to the DSF Group. The DSF Group released plans for the property to undergo further renovations. The only remnants of the horrific practices that went on in Danvers State Hospital are the gravestones in two nearby cemeteries, which contain 770 bodies. Some headstones only have numbers as opposed to names. Even in death, administrators at Danvers State Hospital did not dignify their patients. There is a monument listing the patients’ names, but nothing on the grave markers. Many ghost hunters snuck into the property before it’s demolition. Very few of them captured any sort of evidence. In most cases, they caught phantom footsteps and a few shadows. There’s only been one eyewitness report to surface over the years. Jeralyn Levasseur stated she saw a ghost when she lived there as a child. The ghost pulled the sheets off her bed and it manifested as an older, scowling woman. Levasseur said she never felt threatened by the ghost. She also confirmed it only appeared one time. While the number of documented paranormal experiences may be low, there’s a great deal of potential ghostly activity at the hospital. From 1920-1945, the hospital and its staff committed horrible acts, including those horrendous lobotomies, systemic neglect and restraining children for days at time. Supposedly, this negative energy left a massive psychic imprint in the dark and decaying halls of Danvers. You may not see a ghost, but you can feel the patients’ pain from years ago. Some paranormal experts believe this may help create a personalized haunting. This means you may not see a patient’s ghost, but the building could manifest your inner fears, doubts and agony. Ok, listen… The following is A horrible account from a Danvers employee… this is pretty fuckin’ rough so if you don’t want to listen to it, I completely understand. It’s about the unfortunate death of a child. Skip ahead about 30 seconds if you need to. “Back when they started dual diagnosis, they transferred this 15-year-old boy from Hogan to DSH. This boy had a habit of crawling into heat ducts. The heat ducts don't go anywhere at Hogan, it's a newer building and you can't get hurt. Anyway, they sent him up and he was up there for about 3 weeks and he disappeared. We searched everywhere for him. We looked all over and we couldn't find him. The staff over at J ward started to notice a horrible smell getting worse and worse every day. Anyway, to make a long story short, he got inside the duct work in J Annex. The duct work in DSH goes right down to heating coils. He slid down, couldn't get up, got trapped and died. His feet landed right on the coils and literally burnt off up to his shins. I was there and had to go over there and help cut him out of the wall. There must have been 25 people in that room that day. The Medical Examiner, clinicians you name it. I cut the wall and Butch (The Tinsmith) was there to cut the tin duct work. When we cut through it all and opened it up the kid was right there and looked almost frozen. The pathologist reached in to take him out and his hands sunk into his chest like Jello. The smell was disgusting. It was a nasty stench and we all got sick. His death brought on a major, major state investigation. His parents were mad as hell and rightfully so. We had big wigs from Boston and the State Police lab up there for weeks. It was just a horrible experience. I've seen a lot in my 24 years and that was by far the worst.” Top Horror movies set in asylums/ mental hospitals Horror: Horror movies set in asylums/ mental hospitals - IMDb Ace’s Depot http://www.aces-depot.com BECOME A PRODUCER! http://www.patreon.com/themidnighttrainpodcast Find The Midnight Train Podcast: www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com www.facebook.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.twitter.com/themidnighttrainpc www.instagram.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.discord.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.tiktok.com/themidnighttrainp And wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Subscribe to our official YouTube channel: OUR YOUTUBE

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Walter Freeman – läkaren som populariserade lobotomin

Idag i historien

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 38:18

När Walter Freeman utför sina första lobotomier 1936 blir han övertygad om att han har gjort ett enormt genombrott. Parallellt utför han därefter tusentals lobotomier och försöker sprida metoden över världen. Dessutom lite om Sverige. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

Dark Windows Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 73:34

Dark Windows Podcast Ep. 135: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AOR3754755435.mp3?updated=1614296817 This week we are going to be talking about the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum or the Weston State Hospital in Weston, West Virginia. This hospital was over crowded and under funded with patients not being cared for properly which allowed for some terrible things to happen. It wasn't just the patients that harmed each other, the staff was also guilty of that too including a "Doctor" by the name of Walter Freeman who earned the nickname "The Father of Lobotomy" and he spent quite a bit of time there destroying peoples minds. Thanks to our sponsor Sudio Headphones, go check them out here: https://www.sudio.com/us/ and put in DARKWINDOWS at checkout for a 15% off discount on your purchase! darkwindowspod.com your on stop shop for everything to do with the show! Go over to https://www.ageofradio.org/darkwindows/ and check out our shows and our cool sponsors! Find us at: https://www.instagram.com/darkwindowspod/ https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Windows-363596237442341/ https://www.instagram.com/speedie802/ https://www.instagram.com/kcarleton87/ Thank you to all our listeners! We literally couldn't and wouldn't do this show without all of you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 21: Who Needs a Personality Anyway?

Bag of Bones

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 47:58

Step right up ladies and gentlemen, we have right here the cure to help you deal with your unruly children, cope with your demanding, emotional spouse and that co-worker that's just ... weird. Presenting Dr. Walter Freeman who travels the country "performing" his miracle cure. Only ten minutes, folks and your problems are solved. The cure is simple... The Prefrontal Lobotomy. https://www.everyplate.com/plans?c=ES-88MXO86FS&plans_ab=true&utm_campaign=clipboard&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=raf-share-hpt #bagofbonespodcast #elizabethbourgeret To get in touch with Elizabeth: www.elizabethbourgeret.com/contact For more episodes, visit The Ragtag Network! Join the History Revisited Facebook Group! Check out our merch: https://www.ragtagnetwork.com/merch

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Episode 152 - Walter del 1

Taakeprat

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 40:36

I denne serien ser jeg nærmere på Walter Freeman, mannen som skulle popularisere lobotomi.Inspirert av bestefarens meritter følte Walter tidlig i livet en dragning mot legevitenskapen. Etter omfattende studier var det nevrologien som virket mest interessant for den unge mannen, som svært tidlig i livet skulle få en prestisjetung stilling ved en anerkjent psykiatrisk institusjon i Washington D.C. https://taakeprat.com

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96: The Good Doctor Freeman

Hidden History

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 24:20

Episode 96:This week’s episode is about Walter J. Freeman. Jr., the surgeon without surgical training who pioneered a brutal procedure that was used to punish the women of the 1950s for stepping out of line. Let’s talk about the gruesome and brutal history of lobotomy.Hidden History Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hiddenhistorypodSourcesPsychosurgery, ethics, and media: a history of Walter Freeman and the lobotomy: shorturl.at/ejDV2'My Lobotomy': Howard Dully's Journey: shorturl.at/uEKPYHe was bad, so they put an ice pick in his brain...: shorturl.at/inrH2The First Lobotomy in the US Happened at George Washington University: shorturl.at/etFQYMost lobotomies were done on women: shorturl.at/avL69Diagnosing Womanhood: Lessons Learned from Gender Bias in 20th Century Psychiatry: shorturl.at/emyVW(F)ailing women in psychiatry: lessons from a painful past: shorturl.at/iyK68Race and Gender in the Selection of Patients for Lobotomy: shorturl.at/jpqCKMadwives: Schizophrenic Women in the 1950s: shorturl.at/atKS050 Years Ago, Doctors Called Domestic Violence 'Therapy': shorturl.at/qGOX3Napa State Hospital to get a history of its very own: shorturl.at/ghqEJBlack Women, Mental Hospitals, and Public Housing — A California Carceral Story: shorturl.at/dirvUWomen Who Defied Gender Roles Were Once Imprisoned In Asylums: shorturl.at/mFHY71950 Census of Institutional Population: shorturl.at/jky26Walter Freeman and James Watts collection: shorturl.at/hHPWX

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The Messed Up History of the Ice Pick Lobotomy

Just the Gist

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 65:39

In the 1940s and 1950s, Dr Walter Freeman performed his 'pioneering' procedure on thousands of people, and trained other doctors to perform it on thousands more. The media was calling it a 'miracle cure' for any and all mental illness. You could get it done at your local doctor's office in five minutes for the bargain price of 25 bucks. The only problem? The 'procedure' involved taking an ice pick, sticking it through the eye socket up into the brain, and swishing it around at random. People would go in suffering mild depression, and come out with the mental capacity of a toddler. But that didn't stop Dr Freeman, with hundreds of thousands of people getting the 'miracle' Ice Pick Lobotomy before he was finally stopped. We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: Psych Central article: https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-surprising-history-of-the-lobotomy/ Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomy Guardian article about Howard Dully: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/jan/13/neuroscience.medicalscience NPR interview with Howard Dully: https://www.npr.org/2005/11/16/5014080/my-lobotomy-howard-dullys-journey More info on Rosemary Kennedy: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/rosemary-kennedy-jfk-sister-life-lobotomy-what-happened/ Great episode of 'LORE' with super gory reinactments, but tells the story really well (watch in Aus on AmazonPrime): https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0HBSJWFIHCW6RDKSPFSX0YILCW/ref=atv_hm_hom_c_8pZiqd_2_1 Follow us on Insta! @rosiewaterland@jacobwilliamstanley@justthegistpodcast Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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S13: Halloween: Dr. Walter Freeman Pt. 1

Parcast Presents: March Mysteries

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 50:27

This episode is brought to you by Medical Murders, a Spotify Original from Parcast. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Medical Murders, free on Spotify! Neurologist Walter Freeman was a top doctor in his field. He was on the cutting edge of brain surgery, even going so far as to develop a new procedure called the 'lobotomy'. Unfortunately, it became one of the deadliest medical techniques of the 20th century.

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S13: Halloween: Dr. Walter Freeman Pt. 2

Parcast Presents: March Mysteries

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 46:44

This episode is brought to you by Medical Murders, a Spotify Original from Parcast. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Medical Murders, free on Spotify! As criticisms of lobotomy mounted, Dr. Freeman continued performing his dangerous procedure — even without patient consent. Then, with his legacy and career on the line, Freeman spent the final years of his life seeking redemption from patients.

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Walter Freeman Pt. 2: “Ice Pick Lobotomist”

Medical Murders

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 46:58

As criticisms of lobotomy mounted, Dr. Freeman continued performing his dangerous procedure — even without patient consent. Then, with his legacy and career on the line, Freeman spent the final years of his life seeking redemption from patients.

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Malpractice Episode 1: Lobotomy

Malpractice Podcast

Play Episode Play 35 sec Highlight Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 26:50

In this episode, Sydnee covers Dr. Walter Freeman and the history of the lobotomy, including the story of the youngest person to ever receive a lobotomy in the U.S. (Disclaimer: This episode includes some descriptions of medical procedures that some may find disturbing.)

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Walter Freeman Pt. 1: “Ice Pick Lobotomist”

Medical Murders

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 50:37

Neurologist Walter Freeman was a top doctor in his field. He was on the cutting edge of brain surgery, even going so far as to develop a new procedure called the 'lobotomy'. Unfortunately, it became one of the deadliest medical techniques of the 20th century.

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Medieval Medicine

Mysterious Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 52:49

The AD-FREE version of this episode and all of our others is available right now on Patreon. My special guest tonight is author Nathan Belofsky who's here to enlighten you about the unbelievable medical practices used in the past. Wanna listen to the shows without the ads? Become a 'Mysterious Radio Truther' to enjoy every podcast "AD-FREE" right now! Follow us on Instagram @mysteriousradio Follow us on Twitter @mysteriousradio Follow us on Pinterest pinterest.com/mysteriousradio Like us on Facebook Facebook.com/mysteriousradio Visit our website: https://www.mysteriousradio.com Now published in five languages, Strange Medicine casts a gimlet eye on the practice of medicine through the ages that highlights the most dubious ideas, bizarre treatments, and biggest blunders. From bad science and oafish behavior to stomach-turning procedures that hurt more than helped, Strange Medicine presents strange but true facts and an honor roll of doctors, scientists, and dreamers who inadvertently turned the clock of medicine backward: * The ancient Egyptians applied electric eels to cure gout. * Medieval dentists burned candles in patients' mouths to kill invisible worms gnawing at their teeth. * Renaissance physicians timed surgical procedures according to the position of the stars, and instructed epileptics to collect fresh blood from the newly beheaded. * Dr. Walter Freeman, the world's foremost practitioner of lobotomies, practiced his craft while traveling on family camping trips, cramming the back of the station wagon with kids--and surgical tools--then hammering ice picks into the eye sockets of his patients in between hikes in the woods. Strange Medicine is an illuminating panorama of medical history as you've never seen it before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Lobotomies Pt. 2

Medical Mysteries

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 47:10

With Dr. Walter Freeman’s invention in the 1940s, psychologists could perform a transorbital lobotomy from the comfort of their office… with an ice pick through the eye.

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S3 EPISODE 12: Doctors Who Murder

Which Murderer?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 33:23

In Season 3 Episode 12 –Doctors who Murder – Gemma takes on the bizarre story of Walter Freeman who was most definitely a fan of scrambled eggs, while Holly attempts to share the store of Marcell Petiot. Shoutouts to @podchaser and @behindthebastardsIn this episode the girls are finally reunited for recording and Holly is once again being produced by Producer Craig in the flesh. Gemma faces a dilemma when Holly tries to shoulder in on date night, Producer Craig is getting hard side eye and going through a tough adjustment period having both girls together again and Gemma does not support fast-tracking doctors. The French language received a hardcore butchering from Holly which leaves Gemma unable to breathe. Production, recording and post production completed by Producer Craig who has been threatened with being recorded in an effort to stop him discussing the cases with us. He’s also still shaking from the trauma of this recording session. Gemma mostly edited this week. All complaints should be sent to Producer Craig who has moved into the airport massage chairs in an effort to calm his nerves. They are going to make a movie about him now. www.whichmurderer.comWARNING - Explicit language, content and themes (plus whatever else will cover us legally). All opinions stated are our own and case information was gathered from legitimate sources within the public realm.Pre-recorded in Scotland

Walter Freeman: el ‘doctor picahielo’ que lobotomizaba homosexuales y dementes • Culturizando

Horrores Humanos

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 4:19

El doctor Walter Freeman se hizo famoso por la invención de la técnica del picahielo, que consistía en “introducir el precario objeto por dentro de la órbita ocular y golpear hacia arriba con una maza de goma para que penetrara hasta el lóbulo frontal, de manera que cortaba las conexiones nerviosas”. • CULTURIZANDO.COM/PODCAST • Podcast de Crímenes • Podcast en Español • Puedes leer más: https://culturizando.com/walter-freeman-el-doctor-picahielo-que-lobotomizaba-homosexuales-y-dementes/ Más podcast en: culturizando.com/podcast Narrado por: Ángel David SardiVoz Culturizando: Santiago Duarte

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Episode 7: Walter Freeman's Icepick Lobotomy

A Delightfully Macabre Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 101:34

The human brain is a complex organ that we still do not fully understand to this day. Though we have made great strides in the fields of psychology and neurology, we still have much to learn about the human mind and what makes it tick. Lets just dig right in and find out! I mean literally dig right in... like through your eye holes.... sounds like a bad idea? Well not to Walter Jackson Freeman II! As always, we hope you enjoy.

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Walter Freeman, and the Lobotomy

Citation Needed

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 33:12

Walter Jackson Freeman II (November 14, 1895 – May 31, 1972) was an American physician who specialized in lobotomy.[1]

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Walter Freeman, and the Lobotomy

Citation Needed

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 33:12

Walter Jackson Freeman II (November 14, 1895 – May 31, 1972) was an American physician who specialized in lobotomy.[1]

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273 - Top 10 HORRIFYING Mental ASYLUMS in the United States

TopTenz - Daily Top 10s

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2020 10:52

Despite their original benevolent intent, mental asylums have become synonymous with abuse and malpractice. For one, the practice of lobotomy originates in the world of psychotherapy and institutionalization. Egas Moniz performed the first lobotomy in Portugal in 1935 and it was soon after adapted by American physicians Walter Freeman and James W. Watts, who popularized the operation. From 1949 to 1951, the amount of lobotomies grew from 5,074 to 18,608 people. John F. Kennedy’s sister is one of the many who were victims of the controversial procedure.

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213: The Mountain (2018)

The MovieJeff.com Review Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 28:19

Check out this film's posts @ MovieJeff.com here » https://themoviereviewshow.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-mountain.html and leave a comment The Mountain is a 2018 American drama film directed by Rick Alverson, from a screenplay by Alverson, Dustin Guy Defa and Colm O'Leary. The script is loosely based on the story of controversial lobotomy physician Walter Freeman. It stars Tye Sheridan, Denis Lavant, Hannah Gross, Udo Kier and Jeff Goldblum. Follow the show... @ Twitter https://twitter.com/MOVIEREVIEWSH0W @ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpONT6Yp423GzUrHDDqBL3g @ LetterBoxd https://letterboxd.com/jeffmovie AND, FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH » https://patreon.com/dad SUPPORT THIS SHOW AND OTHER VENTURES FROM HTTPS://WWW.MYAMERI.CA INDUSTRIES • THANK YOU --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-movie-review-show/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-movie-review-show/support

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#27: En Issyl i Kraniet

Vanvittig Verdenshistorie

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2019 94:42

I dette afsnit diskuterer vi det et af de største etiske dilemmaer i psykiatriens historie: Det Hvide Snit. Lægen Walter Freeman perfektionerede nemlig teknikken - til dels fordi at han ikke havde tilladelse til at udføre kirurgi. Hans evner gjorde ham til lidt af en rockstjerne inden behandlingen af psykiske lidelser. Det er en barsk og spændende historie om en af videnskabens særeste snegle.

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Part Two: The Bastard Who Invented The Lobotomy

Behind the Bastards

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 55:14

In part two, Robert is joined again by Daniel Van Kirk to continue discussing Walter Freeman. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Part One: The Bastard Who Invented The Lobotomy

Behind the Bastards

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 64:01

In Episode 94, Robert is joined by Daniel Van Kirk to discuss Walter Freeman, the father of lobotomies. FOOTNOTES: The Lobotomist Walter Freeman: The Father of the Lobotomy Rosemary Kennedy: the sad life of President Kennedy's younger sister Rosemary Kennedy: Telling the story of a forgotten daughter Inside Rosemary Kennedy's Disastrous Lobotomy – And How Her Father Chose Her Doctor Walter Freeman: The Father of the Lobotomy He was bad, so they put an ice pick in his brain... Joe Kennedy, Sr sought secret deal with De Valera on Irish ports during the War Mental Illness Is On the Rise in the U.S. for a Frustrating Reason The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness My Lobotomy Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Cases in Medicine, Eye Got You

Luminol | True Crime

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 58:42

Today we share medical cases: The story of Gerald Barnbaum and the history of Lobotomies.

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Cinefile - In which... Denis Lavant talks about Alverson's 'The Mountain', Lav Diaz about 'The Halt'

Cinefile

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2019 16:15

In July's Cinefile Rosslyn Hyams speaks to leading French actor Denis Lavant, and a Philippines film director, the prolific and multi-talented Lav Diaz. Click on the arrow on the photo above to listen to the interviews. Or subscribe to Cinefile. The Mountain Also known as a psychosurgical odyssey, The Mountain was released in the US in July on the heels of it's French première at the Champs-Elysées Film Festival. The Mountain has a serious track record, featuring in the Venice Film Festival 2018 followed by Sundance in 2019. US director Rick Alverson's 5th feature is on the surface about the practice of lobotomy, invented by a real-life doctor called Walter Freeman in America in the 1950s. Jeff Goldblum and Tye Sheridan play respectively lobotomiser Dr Wallace Fiennes and his would-be lobotimised photo assistant, Andy. Of course, that's the top layer. Its slow pace, lacklustre palette and trunkated, creepy dialogue, potentially lull the viewer into a mindless state. However, if you seek, you may find issues about today's America, or about many parts of the world today. Alverson puts a lot of thought into this film. The Mountain is a mind-game, where the mostly eery calm of the cajoling or passive characters is blown apart by French actor Denis Lavant. He plays French single-father Jack, who wants lobotomy-mad Dr Fiennes to operate on his teenage daughter, the object of Andy's first love. Lavant is known for his energy and seemingly unbridled action on stage, as well as on screen. His ability to slip into the skin of arresting characters out of a Tolkien novel or a Shakespeare play or from a French equivalent of East Enders, makes him any director’s dream, but he selects carefully. "Jack is already a bit schizo to begin with. I don’t need to analyse this character to be able to play him. I just have to act the character if you like. Rick Alverson is great and really knows how to direct actors. He suggests plenty of imaginative ideas." Listen to Cinefile podcast to hear more about Denis Lavant's take on The Mountain. Ang Hupa -The Halt The four-hour-40 minute long film is largely dark and once again deals with Lav Diaz' main concerns, the politics and sociology of his country, the Philippines. Set in 2034, when the volcanic action has put out the light, a raving, deluded dictator (Joel Lamangan) is manipulated puppet-style by two women security chiefs (Hazel Orencio and Mara Lopez). Their ambition and love of power drives the plot while their passions are inflamed by a love-triangle involving a teacher with a quest and a part-time escort job (Shaina Magdayao). The man to follow is the enigmatic Hook Torollo played by Piolo Pascual. He realises that he will achieve greater fulfillment from helping street children than firing rocket-propelled grenades or the like. Philippines director, writer, producer, composer, editor Lav Diaz could of course say much the same in a shorter time, but he maintains that this would zap his propos. Not just a whim, and far from detracting from the story-telling, the slow pace adds fluidity to Anga Hupa -The Halt, allowing the film to sink in. "I want to work more on spaces, so you can actually touch the thing, a corporal experience with the medium. The so-called audience must also be engaged, not just entertained... rather than being subordinated to the action of Tom Cruise. I want you to see the ants and the birds and the wind." Première at Cannes Lav Diaz', Ang Hupa or The Halt in English premièred at the Cannes Director's Fortnight in May 2019, it also screened at Poland's New Horizons and the Jerusalem Film Festival. Listen to the Cinefile podcast or by clicking on the arrow on the photo above to hear Lav Diaz talking about the dictatorship, street children, homosexuality on film, and why there are a few glimmers of light in his literally dark films.

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Father of Lobotomy and Jeepers Creepers: The Ethel Waters Story

Antique Scandal

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2019 46:13

Walter Freeman: The Father of the Lobotomy and Ethel Waters

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BEHIND THE LENS #223: Featuring Rick Alverson, Kirby Bliss Blanton and Drake Doremus

Behind The Lens

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2019 68:35

Jam-packed is an understatement when it comes to this episode of BEHIND THE LENS thanks to special guests writer/director RICK ALVERSON, actor KIRBY BLISS BLANTON, and producer DRAKE DOREMUS! Kicking off #BTLRadioShow we're talking about ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD, truly Quentin Tarantino's love letter to Hollywood and specifically, the memorable year 1969. Hands down my fave Tarantino film, he has truly outdone himself on every level to deliver a masterpiece. And what about casting? Brad Pitt's best role and best performance in many a year, and possibly the best of his career. But be on the lookout for scene-stealing Julia Butters who is truly cinematic gold. Take a listen as I discuss the movie at length paying attention to cinematography, color, some fun action sequences, the integral importance of the beloved Musso & Frank's, and more. Shifting gears from the glory and fun of Tarantino, how about the glory of a film starring Jeff Goldblum and Tye Sheridan? Writer/Director RICK ALVERSON is live talking THE MOUNTAIN. Spellbinding, thought-provoking, and compelling, Rick discusses in rich detailed analysis, the narrative of film and breaking the traditional narrative through story construct, visuals, and performance; and what better film to explore this with than THE MOUNTAIN which is loosely based on Dr. Walter Freeman, a doctor who travelled the country promoting and performing lobotomies (Freeman famously performed the lobotomy on Rosemary Kennedy). And talk about performance? Goldblum is solid gold as the doctor. Listen as we talk about the visual design and bandwidth of the film. And then actor KIRBY BLISS BLANTON joins us talking about her two current films – RING RING and WISH MAN. Last week we heard from RING RING writer/director Adam Marino, and a few weeks ago actor Andrew Steel was with us talking about his starring role in WISH MAN. Now we get to hear from Kirby. Take a listen as we talk about both films (even a little bit on her early tv work on "Hannah Montana"), the respective characters and the similarities and differences between not only the characters but with Kirby herself, tapping into attitude of a character, physical demands of certain roles like that in RING RING, and so much more. Rounding out the show is DRAKE DOREMUS. Normally we'd be talking with Drake about his work as a writer/director, but this time he's here in his capacity as producer of the documentary LOVE, ANTOSHA. A loving tribute and look at the life of Anton Yelchin, whose life was cut short too soon, LOVE, ANTOSHA makes your heart smile as we move through Anton's life and hear from him and about him through his many written diaries, his films, home movies, photographs, cards and letters, interviews with friends and family alike (particularly his mother whose love for her son just fills the film). http://behindthelensonline.net http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

Postpartum - The Golden Month with Jenny Allison

Mothering the Mother Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2019 48:57

About Jenny Allison Jenny is an acupuncturist and teacher based in New Zealand who has spent a decade researching her book, The Golden Month. The book aims to debunk the anxiety-inducing myth of the perfect postpartum body. It focuses on a mother’s long-term well-being, looking at both mental and physical health. Golden Month also explains the importance of nutrition and includes nutrient-dense recipes to ensure optimum recovery during the postnatal period. Episode highlights Golden Month – Chinese medicine – seen as a golden opportunity to improve health. Postpartum period is known as the Cinderella time - where mothers are typically forgotten. Healthy society is reflected in good care of mothers and fathers. Childbirth considered a social event in some cultures. Stress responses in childbirth can impede return to health. Polynesian and Maori culture’s approach to honouring the new mother. Women are open after childbirth – 'tomb is open' – grave is closed after 40 days. Postpartum care is for the long game; create the right circumstances for postpartum to ensure have long term health. Always a degree of trauma at childbirth, regardless of birth. Birth is much more than a marathon – physical, spiritual, emotional. Doesn't stop at finish line. Idea of self cultivation – we are all interdependent. Key words – empowerment of mother – she has to have control of how care is delivered Best to plan before postpartum. Learning to listen to own needs as opposed to cultural pressures. Metamorphosing into new self is so important to honour Hormone changes after birth. Protection and empowerment – more than self-care and involves others holding that space Make space in your mind for asking for help Words of advice: Think about situation beforehand, who the support will be, organise support beforehand, make contingencies i.e premature births. Important to have a complete healing experience. Self cultivation – clear space in mind so listen to own needs. Woman are vulnerable – therefore to acknowledge and respect your own needs. Be in company of people you trust and love. Walter Freeman’s research on oxytocin. Postpartum as a communal event Relevant links Jenny’s book Golden Month If you liked this episode of the Mothering the Mother Podcast, tell your friends! Please rate/review/subscribe to the show. You can contact Alison at https://www.alisonbarker.com/connect/ or follow her on Instagram www.instagram.com/alison_barker_ and find details of her nutrition packages at www.alisonbarker.com/work-with-me-3 Please also join the Facebook group Mothering the Mother where we continue the conversation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1885649551488600/ Disclaimer The materials contained on this Podcast are provided for general information purposes only and do not constitute legal or other professional advice on any subject matter. Alison Barker does not accept any responsibility for any loss, which may arise from reliance on information contained on this site. Medical disclaimer The information and reference guides on this Podcast are intended solely for the general information for the listener. The contents of this web site are not intended to offer personal medical advice, diagnose health problems or for treatment purposes. It is not a substitute for medical care provided by a licensed and qualified health professional. Please consult your health care provider for any advice on medications.

1: St. Coletta's and Rosemary Kennedy

Spooky Sconnie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2018 55:04

Content note: discussion of ableism/sanism, forced medical procedures, the fucking patriarchy Welcome to the Spooky Sconnie podcast, the show that talks about the spooky, paranormal, criminal, and just plain odd Badger State. While we're known for sportsball and food, there's a lot more to learn about Wisconsin if you know where to look. In this first episode, I cover St. Coletta's School in Jefferson, Wisconsin, lobotomies, and the Kennedy family. Further reading History according to the school JFK Library link about Rosemary First-hand accounts about lobotomies including history Movie link on IMDB Transcript You're listening to the Spooky Sconnie Podcast. I'm your host Kirsten Schultz. I have lived in Wisconsin for 12 years now and one of the things that always surprises me and that has pushed me to create this podcast is when we talk about odd things, creepy things, paranormal things, there are only a few things that people think about when they think about Wisconsin and usually quite frankly it's Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer, and as creepy as those two motherfuckers are, there is so much more to this state then either have them or beer or cheese or the packers. And that's really what I want to talk about on this podcast. We'll touch on things from aliens to cryptids to plain odd facts to haunted towns, to serial killers and true crime. It will be a really fun journey and I'm really excited that you're listening. I hope this is something that you'll wind up liking and subscribing to, to kind of break with the traditional podcast thing. ----more---- Um, I do just want to list kind of my social media at the top of the show in case you want to peek around. The twitter is at SpookySconnie - that's s-p-o-o-k-y-s-c-o-n-n-i-e and our instagram is SpookySconniePodcast, so just pop the name of the podcast in there and the facebook page is also SpookySconniePodcast. So, hopefully that makes it easy for you to find. I think that's all the social media I've got set up right now. If you have creepy Sconnie stories you want to send in, you can send them in at SpookySconniePodcast@gmail.com. And I will eventually work on doing some listeners episodes, um, with this being the first episode of the podcast and want to do something like super creepy or super terrifying. But I wanted to do something I was really interested in. And um, as someone who lives with a number of chronic illnesses and deals with mental health issues, something that I was surprised to learn recently was that Rosemary Kennedy, lived in Wisconsin for the bulk of her life and that has to do with a place called St Coletta's in Jefferson. Jefferson is a city that's about halfway between Madison and Milwaukee. Madison is our capital, uh, and where the Wisconsin badgers reside and where I reside, and Milwaukee is probably the most well known Wisconsin city. It sits on the West Bank of Lake Michigan and um, that's where Jeffrey Dahmer played around. So... Some very different spaces as well, geographically, Milwaukee's very flat. Um, the, the glaciers back in the glacier moving era of the world, um, moved through that area pretty quickly. So there's a lot of flat land, whereas the further west you move in Wisconsin, you actually get to what is known as the driftless area where the glaciers didn't move through. And so I'm in Madison and, west of here, we have a lot of rolling hills and things like that. Jefferson is, I would say it where it starts to get a little hilly, um, but not enough to where you're like, whew, rollercoaster on the road. Jefferson's founders were settlers from New England and they really came during the 1800s. So it was while New England farmers were headed west into what was known as the wild kind of northwest territory. So what we're looking at are usually second generation or first, like, American-born generation, uh, you know, settlers who came, colonized this country and then started their movement westward when they came to Jefferson. It was basically forest and prairie and they started building farms and roads and government buildings and everything we kind of take for granted today. They really set themselves up as a, a place for education, a place for good schools, a place for abolitionism. Um, and it was relatively religious. We're looking at Episcopalians, we're looking at methodists. We're looking at baptist. Um, and that's, that's pretty par for the course when you're looking at people who came from New England in the 1800s. Uh, the school I'm going to talk about is called St Coletta. Um, it still kind of operates? It's In this interesting state at the time, and we'll get to that later, but I do want to address really quickly that the school was a school for the developmentally disabled. So if you do look it up, you may find the r word. You may find other ableist slurs, slurs, that are rooted in the discrimination against disabled people. And as a disabled person, I'm not going to use those because they piss me off and make you want to slap someone and I'm by myself. So I'd really like to not slap myself. So, um, you know, you're, you're welcome to look it up and, uh, take a look at other things and I'll put some links in the show notes, but this is not necessarily an investigation for the faint of heart when it comes to a discriminatory ideas. In 1904, a family approached Father George Meyer, who ran a school called St Coletta about accepting their developmentally disabled daughter as a student, uh, by September that year, four students had arrived and by December that grew to 10 students, which also included boys. So it very quickly became a coed school. Technically the school is organized by the sisters of St Francis Assisi, which is the, um, you know, religious chapter that was right there. The property immediately east of the city was purchased because the existing convent in school for girls that was operated by the nuns. By the early 20th century, a large campus with residence halls, chapels, an infirmary, administration building, classrooms, and even a natatorium occupied the southeast corner of highway 18 and county road Y in Jefferson? And technically this was in the town of Jefferson. It then became annexed to the city of Jefferson. A lot of places that have been settled had both the town and the city by the same name. In fact, actually Madison has both the town and the city and the town is only a few spots. There's actually one spot over here on the west side where I live that is still technically a town spot Most of the town is kind of in that, um, off of fish hatchery and um, oh, what's the other road? It starts with an R. I can't remember even though I lived off of it. It's fine. This is what happens when you have what we call brain fog. Um, which is something that you deal with, with chronic illness, it's like a, like a cognitive delay. So sometimes I might use the wrong word even though I know the correct one or it might not be able to find the information I'm looking for in my head. Rimrock. That was it. So it's a predominantly kind of the south part of Madison is technically town, which is fascinating to me. Um, by 1931, the 'St Coletta Institute for backward youth' as what it was called, became incorporated under a new title called the 'St Coletta School for exceptional children', which was chosen out of the consideration of parents, family members and residents. Um, and, and the myth at least is that one of the students, residents brought up, "hey, we don't walk backward, we're not backward youth." And, and while the change was good, backward youth is an awful term. Exceptional children is a bit inspiration porn-y, and I'll put a link in the show notes to Stella Young's talk about inspiration porn. She coined that term in a Ted talk and in writing before her death. And, um, there's so many layers of nuance to it that I'm not going to get into it here, but I highly suggest you look at it. Uh, we're just normal people, like anyone who's disabled in any way is just a normal person. We're not exceptional people for existing - that's kind of the cut and dry of it. And so they quickly became the most influential Catholic school in the United States that specialized in the care and training of people with developmental and mental disabilities or illnesses by 1948. Um, you know, they were expanding and building new new homes, new buildings, and really amassing a very large amount of residents by in 1963. This is, I'm going to just say this, knowing that I prefaced that there was the R word. I hate this so much. The first international awards for achievement in the field of mental retardation (Jesus Christ) which was sponsored by the Joseph P Kennedy Jr. Foundation was attended by, um, some of the sisters at the school. They started a habilitation program in 1965 that was started to encourage young adults to become more successful community members. and by 1976, a public law was passed that guaranteed a free appropriate education in the least restrictive environment for these residents - particularly focused on anyone with a disability, but, uh, it really affected these residents in a positive way. The Kennedy Foundation, um, gave a gift to the school, um, in honor of Rose Kennedy's 93rd birthday that was to help create a program that would eventually serve as a national model to help, um, aging people who were dealing with developmental disabilities. Now there's more that goes on with the school, but that's really kind of where our big, um, the most important part that we need to know stops. As I said, the school's kind of still running programs. Um, they kind of got rid of their main building and renovated it to, um, to be a corporate headquarters and all sorts of things they've expanded to not only helping people across Wisconsin, but now in like northern Illinois, all these different things. While important - and definitely, um, interesting to learn - don't really have to do with what we're going to talk about and you may have mentioned or you may have noticed that I mentioned several times, uh, the Kennedys and I mentioned Rosemary Kennedy at the top of the show. Rosemary Kennedy is the sister of JFK and RFK, and she was born in September 1918 - on the 13th in fact - and she was the third child and oldest daughter. They quickly noticed that she was a little bit slower to reach some of the youth milestones than her brothers were. So learning how to walk, learning how to crawl, speaking some of those kinds of things. She was just a little bit slower to reach those milestones. and, um, it doesn't really, when you, when you look at pediatric care now, there are some, um, mile stone kind of trackers almost that will help you decide with your physician, with your child's physician if the child should be tested for any sort of developmental delay or disability. Um, and they come at a number of different benchmark ages, you know, six months, a year, 18 months, two years, all sorts of things and they actually continue into young, young childhood and not just being a toddler, so that can be a really helpful for people. At this point, those weren't really developed. Um, but you hear a lot about, oh, parents notice that this person was just not as quick to do stuff. And I do want to say that that's not always a marker of um, you know, any sort of disability. My husband is a, was a very lazy baby and so he didn't really walk until he was like a year old because he knew if he cried, someone would come pick them up. So it's not always a marker of disability, but it is something that you could work with your child's doctor to, to keep an eye on 'em. We don't all follow the same growth patterns and some of us maybe learned to be a little bit more manipulative than others as we're children. Rosemary had a really nice childhood. She participated in most of the family activities, going to dances, concerts, visiting the White House when Roosevelt was there. Um, her father was appointed us ambassador to Britain in 1938 and Rosemary moved over to London with her mother and her sister Kathleen, and they just really enjoyed living there. When they came back in 1940, Rosemary was not making the progress that they wanted her to be making. Um, she was 22 at the time and she was becoming 'increasingly irritable and difficult.' And, unfortunately that is, um, about the time when Joseph Kennedy learned about lobotomies. Now I want to go into the history of lobotomies before we kind of continue on this because I'm a really big proponent of learning, uh, about what we're talking about. And lobotomies are terrifying. There are a lot of jokes that people make about lobotomies like, "oh, I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." And I think once you learn the history of these kinds of things, how harmful they were, how harmful they still remain. Um, it's really terrifying. And it's not something I feel like we should be joking about, but that's just me. And you can make your up your mind up after you hear about these facts. In 1936, a psychiatrist named Walter J. Freeman modified a leucotomy, a surgery that a portuguese neurologist, Egas Monez created to treat mental illness. He renamed it the lobotomy. And with his neurosurgeon partner James Watts, they performed the first ever pre frontal lobotomy in the United States on a housewife from Topeka, Kansas, Alice Hood Hammatt. In 1945, Freeman begins experimenting with a new way of doing the lobotomy after hearing about a doctor in Italy who accessed the brain through ice sockets. By January of the next year, he's performed his first trans orbital lobotomy. Um, this is also called an icepick lobotomy. His patient at the time was a depressed housewife named Sallie Ellen Ionesco. He rendered her unconscious through electric shock, something that's terrifying in and of itself. He then took an ice pick and inserted it above her eyeball, but closer in towards her nose. He banged through her eye socket and into her brain by using a, like a little mallet on the other end of that ice pick. And he made cuts in her frontal lobes. When he was done, he sent her home in a taxi cab of all things just by herself. He was convinced that he had cured her depression and he believed that cutting away the brain would help regulate mental illness because he thought mental illness was related to overactive emotions. And of course, cutting away your brain is the solution to overactive emotions. These kinds of things were really common, um, before the medications that we have now came to be, um, institutions were overfilled with not only people who were developmentally and physically disabled, but women who had the nerve to speak up, speak back to their husbands and those who tried to vote and those who read too much and those who are dealing with vaginal pain and a number of things could get you landed in an institution and labeled as insane. Um, there's a lot of racism involved and misogyny and discrimination against all sorts of people, including queer and trans people that happened in institutions and within the field of, I guess institutional torture, including lobotomies, including electro shock, um, and more, unfortunately, which is terrifying. And I think, um, being someone who is disabled, queer and trans, that terrifies the shit out of me because that is, you know, the history of my people and um, that's terrifying. It's terrifying. But, these kinds of miracle cures that really served to shut patients up and make them how we wanted them to be, um, was, was really what happens. And even today, um, that still happens with ABA therapy for autistic people. Um, that's really geared at "here, here are the skills you have to learn right now to be as normal and allistic (the opposite of autistic) as possible." Um, and that's not a way to go through life. I've tried it for chronic illness shit - it doesn't work. In the prefrontal lobotomy - because there's the difference between these two lobotomies - The doctor actually drilled holes in the side or the top of the patient's skull, you know, through, through the actual bone itself to get to the frontal lobes. And so it can be messy. It takes more time. In the transorbital lobotomy, you could actually just access the brain through the eye sockets, as I mentioned a bit ago, um, and Freeman really kind of created what we know as the transorbital lobotomy today. It left no scars apart from having terrible black eyes, as you can imagine. It took less than 10 minutes and it could be performed outside of an operating room. And Freeman believed it produced better results. Uh, in 1949 Egas Monez - the portuguese neurologist - wins the nobel prize for developing the lobotomy and Freeman nominated him. It was about this time that James Watts - Freeman's partner - expresses disapproval about the procedure and basically leaves the practice. He's done. Um, and at this point, Freeman's career really takes off. He does these like nationwide tours teaching at different state hospitals and institutions how to perform lobotomies and, by 1952 he performs or in that year, I'm sorry, he performs 228 transorbital lobotomies within a two week period in West Virginia. It was for a state sponsored lobotomy project that was called Operation Ice Pick. And it was a huge thing for him. Uh, newspapers and news agencies were flipping their shit to be there and see him 'cure', you know, people. Two years later though, a medication called chlorpromazine or thorazine as it's more commonly known, comes out and actually helps treat a lot of the conditions that these lobotomies were supposed to fix. The medication itself has a really interesting history. It actually came about because of a french pharmaceutical company. And I'm going to ruin this because french is not my strong suit called Laboratoires Rhône-Poulenc. I don't know. I suck at French. Um, they wanted to search for new anti histamine, which is something that treats allergies and immune system reactions and kind of stumbled upon this medication. And today it treats everything from anxiety and mood disorders to nausea and even chronic hiccups, um, which is fascinating and terrifying. I don't want, I don't ever want chronic hiccups. It largely replaced, for a lot of people, things like electro shock, things like hydrotherapy (which at this point was really drowning you and waterboarding you), psychosurgery, other brain surgeries to make you how they wanted you to act. And insulin shock therapy, which is also terrifying as fuck. They would give you too much insulin, you'd kind of be in this almost comatose state. They'd bring you back. What was happening in these institutions and schools and hospitals was legitimately torture in the name of medical science. And it got us really nowhere other than these are all torture techniques that we use today against "enemies of the state." So yeah, you thought you were listening to a fun podcast, didn't you? In 1967. Freeman performs his final transorbital lobotomy on a patient named Helen Mortensen. it wasn't uncommon for him to do a couple of lobotomies on people, and this was her third lobotomy. She dies from a brain hemorrhage after the procedure and, um, he's actually banned from operating ever again. His medical license got taken away, um, which is frankly far too late. Um, there's actually a case in 1951, he was treating a patient at Cherokee Mental Health institute in I believe Iowa. And he paused for a photo op because he was so excited and the photo op happens when he's got the pick in her eye and you know, is hammering, smiling at the camera hammering and um, he went too far into her brain and he killed her. And that's not an uncommon story. He kIlled hundreds of his patients, whether directly or indirectly because of the "operations" he was performing. He had no formal training in lobotomies. Um, I mean as a spearheader of the technique, you generally don't get formal training, but, um, you know, he didn't clean his instruments often between patients. He didn't wear gloves, he didn't wear a mask. He didn't operate in a sterile environment. He often did it in his, um, office, like, like his home office or like academic office. You know where it's dusty and shit? Yeah, he did there. And a lot of his patients were queer or trans and they were given lobotomies to change how they were expressing their sexuality or their gender. And that's something that's really hard to sit with. I don't have words. My heart is beating in my throat because I'm just thinking about how lucky I am to have been born 30 years later than what could have potentially killed me. It's terrifying. By 1968 freeman is going on cross country followup studies of his lobotomy patients visiting them, visiting their families, trying to kind of prove that his shit is working, which is still terrifying. About 50,000 people received lobotomies in the United States. Most of those were between 1949 and 1950. About 10,000 of those were transorbital lobotomies and the rest were mostly those prefrontal lobotomies. Freeman performed about 3,500 the bottom of his career during his career, sorry, of which were, um, 2,500 with these ice pick/transorbital lobotomies. Freeman believed that cutting certain nerves in the brain could eliminate too much emotion, could stabilize your personality, and I mean he wasn't incorrect with those things, um, but for the wrong reasons. Where he's cutting into the brain, it gives patients an inability to feel very intense emotions and, sometimes, any emotions at all. And they kind of aren't as worried. People expressed that they've seemed childlike. Some patients did improve, which is terrifying to lend any credence to this. Some essentially became comatose and for others it didn't really have an effect and still others died. If you're looking for a good, um, fictional account of a transorbital lobotomy, you can go read One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Randall McMurphy is a character within that book who receives a transorbital lobotomy. Um, I dunno, I don't think it does it justice, but I'm a weird person. Freeman's most common rationale for doing this lobotomies was to treat things like schizophrenia. He also used it to treat suicidal depression, major depression as we know it today. And even chronic pain, which is a whole 'nother layer of terrifying to me. He had a quote, I'm in a New York times article 1937 - It wasn't his quote, but uh, but this article talked about the different things that a lobotomy could help with: "Tension, apprehension, anxiety, depression, insomnia, suicidal ideas to things like delusions, hallucinations, crying spells, melancholia, obsessions, panic states, disorientation psychalgesia," which is pains of psychic origin - I Think they really mean like psychosomatic, like that you're making up your pain essentially. Just bullshit. "nervous indigestion" - Hey, IBS pals! - "And hysterical paralysis." I don't know. It's ridiculous. He traveled in a van during his visit to all of these psychiatric hospitals, um, that he did over his career and basically had crossed the nation 11 times. During the time that he practiced, he performed the lobotomy on no less than 2,500. It could be more than that, this ice pick lobotomy. But it was on patients across 23 states, which is an amazing. The reach. He could perform over 20 of these operations in a day, banging them out quickly. And there were staff members who were horrified about how he treated patients about the procedure, about, you know, the, the likelihood of people dying during it and all of that. But there were, there were often people who couldn't speak up. Um, I read one account of someone who was an immigrant who was really just starting in medicine as an aid to freeman and, um, didn't feel he could speak up because Walter Freeman was Walter Freeman. How are you going to tell him he's wrong when you're just a peon? Um, again, terrifying and unfortunately still relatively common in medicine today. Um, this kind of the White Coat Syndrome is what we call it, that the white coat is seen as a, some sort of god like apparel and that a physician knows everything, sees everything and um, you should follow everything they say. And in reality - nerd tangent - In reality, whether you're a staff person or a patient, that's not the case. Studies have shown - and I did my master's capstone on this. I won't go too preachy, but, um, you know, studies have shown that patients who are more involved with their care, who gets the opportunity to participate in their care have far better health outcomes, you know, fewer emergency department and urgent care visits, lower health care utilization, lower health costs, etc. Etc. Etc. So, just uh, there's that, I guess. Coming back from our tangent and our discussion about lobotomies in general. Um, Joseph Kennedy approves Freeman to give Rosemary a lobotomy. Unfortunately, it left Rosemary permanently incapacitated and she was unable to care for herself. Um, this arch bishop was like, "oh, hey, you should send her to St. Colleta's." And um, the family traveled there. They built her own house on St Coletta ground so that she didn't have to deal with the overcrowding in the institution itself because after all, she's the Kennedy. She lost the ability to speak coherently. Her movement, um, took awhile to gain back. She lost the ability to walk for quite a long time, had to relearn it. Movement in one of her arms and the use of that arm was lost permanently. Her family really just kind of dropped her. Her mother didn't visit her for two decades and her father never visited after they got her there. After her father's death and only after his death she'd be taken on trips to go visit, you know, the Kennedy home every so often. And after JFK's election, um, in 1961 after he took office, the family came out publicly saying that she'd been diagnosed as a R word. It's a really sad story. I think people forget about her so much. Um, she had an older sister named Eunice Kennedy Shriver. I'm sorry, not an older sister a younger sister. I read my notes wrong. Um, and they were very close, very close. In 1962 Eunice started at a camp in her own backyard that was meant for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. And that camp actually involved into the Special Olympics, which is pretty cool. It's really nice to kind of learn the basis for how things like that came about. The Special Olympics is not perfect and I don't like some of the inspiration porn ideas that it sets up. But it is cool to know that that came from there and, um, I think that really pushed for the paralympics to start and things like that. So it's, um, it is kind of really cool. Rosemary lived at St. Coletta's for the rest of her life. She died in January of 2005 at age 86. On January 7th, Eunice said in her eulogy that Rosemary left a legacy that was long and deep, particularly for, you know, the beginning of the Special Olympics - but even when JFK was in office, he was pushing to improve, how the government handled disability and really used her story to try to spearhead that. And I'm really sad that he died at this point because who knows, the, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) could have been passed 30 years earlier. Um, you know, other things happened as well that, that she really helped with. Rosemary died at Fort Atkinson Memorial Hospital and her three surviving sisters - Eunice, Patricia Kennedy Lawford and Jean Kennedy Smith - And then, um, Ted Kennedy were all by her side. She was the fifth child of the Kennedy family to die, but the first to die from natural causes, which is also sad. There's actually an IMDB movie in there - err there's a movie that's listed on IMBD that's in the works right now about Rosemary and I am so fucking excited I cannot contain it! And I'm going to read some facts kind of about what they've got listed about the storyline, um, because I just think it's so fantastic. So she was really easy going as a teenager and a child. Um, as she returned, she became increasingly assertive and rebellious - how rare for a teenager! She had some violent mood swings and mood changes, but they thought that maybe that had to do with her own frustration with being expected to do so well and performed at these high Kennedy family standards. And then when you just didn't reach that, it's really frustrating and I could definitely see that shit. She began to sneak out at school. She, she was in a convent school in dc. She would sneak out at night and her parents were pissed. Joseph thought that she was bringing shame and embarrassing the family and could damage his political career and the political career of his sons, which was all he cared about. About of the 80 percent of lobotomies in the forties and the fifties were performed on women. They were very often performed at the behest of a man in their life, whether it's a father or a husband or even a son. And the youngest person that Freeman operated on was a four year old, so there were really, it was a very wide range of people, but it was often at the behest of other people and not someone coming in and being like, "doc, you gotta give you this lobotomy!" Joseph didn't tell his wife that they were going to do this procedure on Rosemary until it was done, which is terrifying. It was basically uh, they used an instrument that was basically like a butter knife to cut the brain tissue. And as they were doing such rosemary was awake. All of these patients were awake for transorbital um, and even for prefrontal at times. Um, she just had a mild tranquilizer but, but she was awake and they asked her to recite things like the Lord's Prayer or sing God Bless America or count or anything like that. And they made estimates on how far to cut based on how she responded and only stopped when she became incoherent. They estimated that her brain capacity went down to that of a two year old child. I hate the notion that we have to quantify those things. Um, I also really disliked the idea that just because someone may not be able to express more complicated ideas, um, means they don't have them. There are a lot of cases where even people in a coma, for god's sakes, and knew what was going on around them or could grasp the horrible things that family members were saying about them or around them and just maybe didn't have a way to communicate that outside their brain. And that's something everyone needs to remember. Anyone with a, with a medical condition, a chronic illness. it's not always that we aren't able to even comprehend things. Sometimes it's just finding the right words, sometimes it's finding the right way to communicate those things. I'm going back to the brain fog idea, right? It's really hard sometimes for me to find the words and that's actually why I do a lot more writing than I do podcasting and videos and things. Um, but it is really important, uh, to just remember that like, just because I might communicate better via writing doesn't mean that I'm like awful or the, my mental capacity is diminished that have so and so age child. I just hate those quantification - barf. Um, she, uh, again, she couldn't walk or talk after the procedure and she actually became incontinent for her entire life. So she had urinary and fecal issues, uh, which are awful at the time. That arch bishop Richard Cushing that I mentioned earlier told Joseph about St Coletta's. There were more than 300 residents there, which was, you know, growing rapidly. And the home they built for her was called the Kennedy Cottage. Two catholic nuns were really assigned to take care of her. And then there was a student that would come help - students across the years, and there were artists, uh, a woman who works on ceramics with Rosemary several times a week. Some of those kinds of things as she got allowances that other residents didn't often get. She had a dog, she'd get taken for car rides. She'd loved riding in cars. Um, and, and things like that that, that other people wouldn't get because after all, again, she's the Kennedy. Her, her family freely abandoned her for a long time. They would explain when, when John was running for reelection in the senate in the late fifties, you know, they explained away her absence, said, "Oh, she's reclusive. Oh, she's too busy, you know, working as a teacher for disabled kids. Oh, she's doing this, she's doing that." And they didn't tell people again until 61 after John was an office in the presidency that, um, she was dealing with developmental disabilities, but they, they also never said that that was the result of a procedure that Joseph approved. I mean, why would you? You wouldn't want that out there. Of course. I think in today's day and age it would be found out almost immediately and there would hopefully be an uproar. But after Joseph died in 1969 again, Rosemary was taken to visit relatives, visit home. Um, she'd learned to walk again. She always had a limp. Um, and she really didn't ever regained the ability to speak clearly, which is unfortunate. Um, she deserved to have that. She deserved to have a long life and a life full of support and care. She's buried beside her parents in holly hood's cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts. Of course, with this being the Spooky Sconnie Podcast, I mean, obviously we're going to talk about hauntings. I found just a smatterIng online. There wasn't a lot. Um, but I think they're interesting and they're, or do seem to be a lot of rumors, but there weren't a ton that I could find that weren't, you know, that, that existed across a couple of different sites and not just, "oh yeah, I heard one time x, y, z." And I really want it to not just be hearsay, but like, it's also weird to be like, don't be a hearsay ghost, like I don't know. So, one of the dormitories, Serra Hall, was built during that time when they expanded a lot, has had several occurrences where there's someone walking up and down the hallway in the second floor. But every one is in their rooms and all the staff members are downstairs. Then there's also these interesting occurrences where apparently there's a spirit on the second floor that likes to turn on the showers. Cause there's no one around and that's what happens. I don't know - it's interesting. Um, and they, they call her the girl spirit. So it would be like, "oh, that girl turned on the showers again." They would always just refer to her as a girl. Um, but I don't know, you know, I couldn't find anything about why they say she's the girl. Like has anyone seen her? Or is it just like did, was there a resident at some point that loves to just run and turn on showers and they assume that it's her ghost? I don't know, I couldn't find anything. Uh, there, there's that. And there's also some reports of weird cryptid-like appearances around the campus. Um, Wisconsin has a lot more cryptids than anyone knows. I think the Beast of Brey Road [I misspoke] is the one that people may know. And I think that's especially because there was a movie that came out earlier this year about that. There's a lot. And apparently there's a werewolf/wolf man that has been spotted in the area. Um, Jefferson itself has some interesting haunted history and it definitely could be related to this wolf. My idea. So, so there's that. There's st coletta's school in jefferson, Wisconsin. Um, I hope that you enjoyed this episode. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do next, but I have a ton of research sitting in my evernote and really just kind of going with the flow as to what I want to use for our next episode. My goal is to try to make this a bi-weekly podcast for now. That may change. um, and we'll see. I don't think I'd ever run out of creepy Wisconsin or Wisconsin-adjacent stories, um, but you know, some of them may be reaches, I think this one having the focus beyond Rosemary Kennedy might have been a reach, but I didn't know she lived here for so long. Um, so I think it's really important to tell that history. Um, and I think it's important to remember how those of us who are disabled have been treated historically. Um, and I promise not every episode is going to be so goddamn dark, but I think it's a good. I think that's a good base for maybe understanding kind of where I'm going with this podcast. Like I want it to be funny. I want it to be educational. I want it to be fucking weird. Um, but I also want us to all take away stuff from it. Not just from an educational basis, but like a snapple. I mean, maybe tomorrow I'll be talking with somebody who brings up the have of the kennedys were great and you're like, oh, but actually, and you can peel walking snapple cap. Can you imagine? Like somebody just dressing up as a snapple cap for halloween. that would be amazing. Don't steal my ideas, or do you. I mean, are you going to remember this by halloween? I don't know. I don't know that I'm going to remember this balancing. I'm gonna have to write it down. Anyway, thank you for listening to the inaugural episode of the Spooky Sconnie podcast and I will see you back in two weeks for our next installment. You just listened to the Spooky Sconnie podcast. It is produced every two weeks by me, kirsten schultz. The intro, outro music is from Purple Plant. You can find show notes and more over at spookysconnie.podbean.com, including a transcript in case you missed anything. Take a minute and rate and subscribe if you can. You'll help more people see the show by rating and you won't miss a single episode if you subscribe, and that's pretty dope. You can support the show over at patreon.com/spookysconniepodcast and you can email me anything you'd like me to know at spookysconniepodcast@gmail.com. Meantime, sleep tight. Don't let the badgers. Bye.

Folge 2L – Lobotomie – Lachs – Levi Strauss mit: Das Ach

ABCoholics

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2018 111:51

Man könnte es ein Cross-Over nennen. Man könnte es aber auch einfach Wahnsinn nennen. Die drei Herren vom wunderbaren Podcast Das Ach sind zu Gast und wirbeln auditorischen Staub auf. Im heimischen Podcast, der mit dem Untertitel "Triumvirat für historisch inspirierte Humorvermittlung" wirbt, stellt Jürgen seinen Mitstreitern Dominik und Philipp eine Lebensgeschichte oder einfach so eine skurrile Episode aus der B-Seite der Geschichte vor. Was läge also näher, als die drei zu einem Gastspiel bei uns einzuladen. Wegen des Sondercharakters der Folge weichen wir - vor allem, was die Zeitvorgabe angeht - etwas von unserer Norm ab. - Im ersten Thema fassen Jürgen und Philipp die Geschichte der /*/Lobotomie/*/ zusammen, die Jürgen in Folge 24 des eigenen Podcasts schon in gut 2,5h zusammengefasst hat. Eigentlich ganz leicht: Eispickel, Augenhöhle, Frontallappen und fertig ist die Behandlung von Traumata und Angstzuständen. Und weil das so gut klappt (?) geht man am besten mit dem Lobotomobil auf Tournee. Die Karriere von Walter Freeman hält auch in der Kurzform die ein oder andere Überraschung bereit. - Harter Cut. Jetzt sprechen die Hausherren Max und Adrian. Und natürlich über: /*/Lachs/*/. Lachs ist der mittlerweile beliebteste Speisefisch der Deutschen und langsam wird es schwierig die Nachfrage zu decken. Weil die 15kg Lachsverzehr pro Jahr und Kopf mit klassischem Fischfang schon lange nicht mehr gedeckt werden können, betreibt man Lachsfarming an Küsten, auf Land oder in tiefen Gewässern. Ein kurzer thematischer Ausflug zur Lachswanderung darf natürlich nicht fehlen. - Was Franken mit Jeans zu tun? Genau: Wie Dominik zu erzählen weiß ist /*/Levi Strauss/*/, geborener Löb Strauss vom schönen Buttenheim in die USA ausgewandert um der Armut zu entfliehen. Als Händler für Schürferbedarf während des Godrauschs war er immer wieder mit zu fragilen Hosen konfrontiert und hat kurzer Hand die Jeans erfunden. Ein Aufstieg, der den American Dream eigentlich recht deutlich zusammenfasst. Nachdem sich Philipp, Dominik und Jürgen zu uns getraut haben, werden wir sie demnächst in ihrem eigenen Podcast besuchen. Praktischer Weise gibt es dort ein Bonusformat in dem wir eine Runde "Wer-bin-ich" mit den dreien spielen dürfen. Wir bedanken uns bei Das Ach (dem Ach?) und legen euch einen Besuch bei das-a.ch nahe. Links: Lobotomie: Homepage von Das Ach: https://das-a.ch/ Wikipedia Artikel zu Lobotomie: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomie Das Ach Folge zu Lobotomie: https://das-a.ch/24-lobotomie-viel-spass-fuers-hirn-fuer-wenig-geld/ (Unter der entsprechenden Folge von Das Ach findet ihr auch weitergehende Links!) Lachs: Wikipedia Artikel zu Lachs: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachse Youtube: Deep Sea Farming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpPZUGIJ2M0 Youtube: Lachswanderung: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjFwiEDNwt4 Youtube: Lachszucht: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQeJTrqx4_M Levi Strauss: Wikipedia Artikel zu Levi Strauss https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss Wikipedia Artikel zu Levi's 501: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Levi%E2%80%99s-Jeansmodelle#Levi%E2%80%99s_501

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Episode 73 - The History of the Lobotomy

Legends of Surgery

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 24:30

In this episode, we'll cover the strange and sometimes disturbing history of psychosurgery, and in particular, the frontal lobotomy. We'll meet the Nobel Prize winning Egas Moniz as well as the physician and self-promoter Walter Freeman. And as a special bonus, we'll briefly cover the history of zombies!

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BONUS EPISODE: Dr. Walter Freeman, Lobotomist

The Diarist ~ Fiction Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2018 14:17

** Stand alone and may be enjoyed without listening to The Diarist series. Sit in on a lecture with Dr. Walter Freeman the world's most famous lobotomist in the 1940s and 1950s. This lecture is based on an actual peer-reviewed journal article in the Yale Medical Review in the 1940s. Dr. Freeman provides a short lecture and then introduces a successful lobotomy subject to the class, Miss Dorothy Linden. Pierson Rintz - Dr. Freeman Darlene Sorenson - Dotty Emerson McRaven- Film announcer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-diarist--an-audio-drama/message Support this podcast

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Mental Health Law – Is Reagan To Blame? - Episode 33

Legally Insane - The Law is Funny

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2018 42:05

Legally Insane Mental Health Law – Is Reagan To Blame? - Episode 33 The guys discuss mental health laws, a topic near and dear to both of them. In this episode you’ll learn about the origins of mental health hospitals in the US, as well as the history of treatments given to mental health patients. If you’re struggling with mental illness, please seek help. You’re not alone. Highlights: [04:09] – A person on a 5150 can be held in a psychiatric hospital for 72 hours against their will. [06:23] – In 1773 the first patient was admitted to a mental health facility in the US. [09:16] – In 1936 Dr. Walter Freeman performed the first Lobotomy. [12:55] – Thorazine, the antipsychotic drug was introduced to the health care market. [19:00] – Reagan ended a lot of federal funding for Psychiatric Hospitals, thus many patients were left to the streets and/or criminal justice system. [23:12] – China passed their first mental health law in 2012. [26:52] – There are three times as many mentally ill people in jails then in hospitals. The Takeaway – We have a lot of work to do in this country in regards to treating and housing the mentally ill. Hollywood Improv Ticket Link: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/legally-insane-with-matt-ritter-hollywood-improv-the-lab-tickets/8372615?pl=hollyimprov&REFID=hollywoodimprov&_ga=2.261098127.326083712.1525744670-435797780.1525744670 Twitter: @mattritter1 @toekneesam Website: www.cascademedia.com

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Howard Dully Part 2

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2017 78:58

Howard Dully Story: Part Two Dr. Walter Freeman and Howard's step mother Lou Dully conspire to lobotomize Howard Dully. Howard has a lobotomy at 12 years old. This episode discusses Howard life as a abused child before after after the lobotomy. kaywick@stattales.com Twitter - @STAT_tales FB Group - STAT! Shocking Traumas and Treatments Patreon - STAT! Shocking Traumas and Treatments

Howard Dully Pt. 1

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2017 3537:12

Howard Dully Howard Dully was 12 years old when Dr.Walter Freeman lobotomized him. The reason? Was there ever reason to lobotomize anyone? Please listen to the tragic and incredible life of Howard Dully. The Suture Room Coffee, Chocolates and Staples twitter @STAT_tales Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1976085945958667/ www.stattales.ca kaywick@stattales.com

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Dr. Lobotomy Pt 4

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2017 72:12

This is the final installment of the Dr. Lobotomy miniseries. Dr. Walter Freeman slides deeper into madness. How will this end? Will he be hailed as a hero for his contribution to psychiatry? or Will he go down in history as the worst thing to happen to psychiatry? You'll have to listen to find out! Suture Room - Mr. Clean email - kaywick@stattales.com Twitter @STAT_tales Facebook Group - STAT! Shocking Traumas And Treatments website - www.stattales.ca

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009: Rosemary Made All the Difference

We're All Mad Here

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2017 40:47

The Kennedy family is internationally famous for their high-achieving, beautiful, and influential members. But America took a stand to help the intellectually disabled because of the daughter they hid away: Rosemary. While surpassing her siblings in beauty and personality, Rosemary was born intellectually disabled and soon lagged behind her fast-moving family. Her parents believed […]

008: All Aboard the Lobotomobile!

We're All Mad Here

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 20:19

Humans have been trying to break into their skulls since there were humans and skulls, and we were still at it in the 1930s. After studying under an Italian doctor, Dr Walter Freeman returned to the States to perfect what he had learned overseas: the lobotomy. Armed with an ice pick and a hammer, […]

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Dr. Lobotomy Pt. 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2017

Dr. Lobotomy Pt. 2 This episode discusses Dr.Walter Freeman's early career as a professor and his introduction of the pre-frontal lobotomy to the U.S. His sociopathic/psychopathic personality unveils itself as his obsession for fame and fortune grows and mutates. He leaves a trail of death and mutilation as he performs lobotomy surgery on very ill and vulnerable patients who cannot fend for themselves.

Dr. Lobotomy Pt. 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2017 64:59

Dr. Lobotomy Pt 1

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2017 41:46

Dr. Walter Freeman aka Dr. Lobotomy. This episode is part one of a biography. It examines the life of a budding sociopath from childhood to young adulthood. How did this boy from a wealthy and distinguished family become the father of lobotomy? His story is chilling. Bonus; The Suture Room There are 2 stories this week! @STAT_tales www.stattales.ca

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