Title:
Chapter 10: Chipped
Summary:
This chapter is about Antonio Moniz, and his work with lobotomy. The chapter starts out by describing how he created a dye that would be injected into the neck which would allow the vessels and lobes in the brain to be seen on x-ray. This dye made it possible to locate tumors and fault lines that were previously invisible on x-rays. Then the chapter goes on to discuss his work on lobotomies, starting with a patient called Mrs. M.
Discussion:
This chapter was disturbing at times. To think of cutting into someones brain and removing a piece of it. Also, the correlations between certain pills and a lobotomy were scary. Today, we don't really think about taking a pill, but what if it had the same effect as a lobotomy, that would be a disturbing thought.
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