The awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 to António Egas Moniz for the development of the lobotomy is often seen as controversial du...
I don’t even have to watch. It was because it looked like a miracle cure, successfully “treating” a lot of ailments.
The problem is it is barbaric and is based on weak or incomplete science. Victims sometimes lived with chronic pain, had secondary complications, and/or died as a result (go figure 🙄). Turns out, treating brains like scrambled eggs isn’t good medicine.
I don’t even have to watch. It was because it looked like a miracle cure, successfully “treating” a lot of ailments.
The problem is it is barbaric and is based on weak or incomplete science. Victims sometimes lived with chronic pain, had secondary complications, and/or died as a result (go figure 🙄). Turns out, treating brains like scrambled eggs isn’t good medicine.