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Podcast: WikiSleep
Episode: The Wild History of Lobotomy
Description: Listen Ad-Free on the WikiSleep app by visiting WikiSleep.comPerhaps one of the most unhinged medical procedures of the 20th century, lobotomies were highly controversial from the very start. Based on flimsy research and a distinct lack of knowledge on how the brain actually functions, the procedure was performs tens of thousands of times with often horrifying results. Yet it took until 1977 for the US government to ban it outright........#Sleep #Sleepstories #WikiSleep #Lobotomy #Science #SleepHelp #SleepTool #Mediation #Sleeping #Anxiety #insomnia...