On the conclusion to our series on the history of lobotomies, we explore just how the procedure became the most popular mental health treatment of the forties, despite the horrific and unpredictable side effects that came with shoving an ice pick up through an eye socket and wiggling it around in their brain, plus the reason why the lobotomy fell out of favor.

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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 414: Lobotomies Part II - Assistant to the Bone Slicer