The story is called “A Portrait of the Lobotomist as a Young Man,” and I think it’s fair to call it menacing. Read it and let me know if you agree!
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Walter was highly narcissistic in the colloquial sense, and possibly also had narcissistic personality disorder, though I’m not in a position to say one way or the other, but he was also highly intelligent. I’m sure he would recognize that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh, Egas Moniz. (No, not that Egas Moniz, the neurosurgeon.) I have feelings about Egas Moniz. Yes, he did things that were wildly unethical by modern sensibilities, and it’s not like he was doing them like five hundred years ago,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It never fails. I can deal OK with the other gross stuff, and there’s always plenty of gross stuff in a lobotomy book, but when they get around to describing cisternal spinal taps it’s good night Irene.
What do you mean you don’t remember the thing about how Walter Freeman stole a guy’s cock ring?
Let’s start the new year the right way, with a neurotic Czech German and everyone’s favorite lobotomist. (Unless you’re Portuguese, then Egas Moniz is your favorite lobotomist.)
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And she really loved him, which is the sad thing. It’s always sad when someone loves a narcissist.
MeCAF went good! I’m working on making Jonah available to you, yes you, through this very website.
Yes, Walter did say this about Jews. I have no doubt that he’d prescribe lobotomy for a short-tempered Hebrew with suicidal ideation and an insistence that God speaks through him.
