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Title: The most insane medical practices in history
Post by: Clive on November 20, 2007, 22:49
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Title: Re: The most insane medical practices in history
Post by: Rik on November 21, 2007, 01:34
The lobotomy still scares me - it's just over 40 years ago they were using it, yet it belonged in the 16th C if anywhere...
Title: Re: The most insane medical practices in history
Post by: Sandra on November 21, 2007, 02:02
People still kill in the name of their god/s and hold back scientific advances for everyone Rik, those practices have long outlasted their usefulness  ::)
Title: Re: The most insane medical practices in history
Post by: Rik on November 21, 2007, 09:25
True enough, Sandra. There was one lobotomist, whose name thankfully escapes me, who specialised in performing two operations simultaneously - a sort of party piece. To this day electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) is used despite the fact that no-one really knows how it works. The treatment of mental health is still quite primitive.