For a few decades in the middle of the 20th century, an icepick - inserted moderately carefully through the gap between a patient's eye and their skull into their brain (and then jiggled around a little bit) - was the height of psychiatric medicine. Even though it came with a 15% death rate, it was all the rave!

We explore the terrible terrible history of the lobotomy!

The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant, joined today by Joe Duggan!

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