A pair of conjoined fighting fish like the ones in the last panel would probably end up killing each other, unless they were like Bela and felt threatened only by dark, square objects. Then they could live peaceably together.
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This isn’t really a lobotomy comic although a substantial loss of tact was noted in a lot of lobotomy patients. My own tactlessness comes naturally.
I used to sell these, but you could print it out and fold it yourself if you’re into that.
For those of you surfing in looking for “dysthymia,” this is what the other thing looks like. It is possible.
This will get longer for the book, naturally. Judging from the El-Hai biography, most of the things people said to Walter Freeman were exhortations beginning with his name, like “Walter, you can’t say that!” or “Walter, at least let me[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The idea that Walter lobotomized Miss Farmer was popularized by the movie Frances, in which she gets it in the eye from a bald and goateed doctor who talks about “his†transorbital procedure and is obviously supposed to be Freeman.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry, Phineas phans — there’s no evidence that his extraordinary case had any effect on the history of psychosurgery. There is sufficient evidence, however, that he was hot.
The first stix of 2010, which I rang in with a lobotomy — the beverage kind: equal parts amaretto, Chambord, and pineapple juice, optionally topped with champagne. I am not sure how it got its name. Maybe because you don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…