Posted by Eddie Sylvano on December 2, 2003, at 16:57:13
In reply to Re: Insulin shock treatment for schizophrenics, posted by stjames on December 2, 2003, at 11:34:46
> It was stopped as it was considered barbaric.
> Much like the lobotomy.
-------Which makes sense. It's funny to read the "state-of-the-art" techniques employed 40-50 years ago. Even more unsettling was the technique of removing almost all of the cerebrospinal fluid through a spinal tap in order to get better cranial X-rays.
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