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Imagine going to the doctor for anxiety…

and leaving with an ice pick shoved through your eye socket.

In the 1940s and 50s, this wasn’t a horror movie plot. It was a medical procedure performed tens of thousands of times across the United States, often on women, children, and people who were simply considered “difficult.”

Rosemary Kennedy, president john f. Kennedys sister, had this procedure done on her to fix her mood swings and ended up permanently disabled. She was then left to rot in an institution for the rest of her life.

If you didn’t guess it by now… Today we’re talking about the terrifying history of lobotomies.

See you next Thursday,

Ivanna Brookes

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