Records Show Army Lobotomized 2,000+ Ww2 Vets

[Notorious Kelly]

Though the Department of Veterans Affairs has no record of the procedures taking place, the Journal cited government records, inter-office correspondence and letters in reporting that they took place at VA facilities around the country to treat troops who were identified as gay, along with those diagnosed with schizophrenia, depression and psychosis...

Dr. Freeman, the neurologist who popularized lobotomies, also pioneered a more controversial technique in which he hammered an ice pick beneath the upper eyelid, through the thin bone of the eye socket and into the brain. He would make the cuts by toggling the pick.

http://projects.wsj.com/lobotomyfiles/?ch=one

[john999]

Dr. Freeman left destruction in his wake. That guys was a menace to society!