From radical brain surgery, to drug therapy and meditation, Iowa veterans have done it all while coping with mental illness in the aftermath of war. Treatments have come a long way since lobotomies were performed on World War II vets in Knoxville.
Veterans: Lobotomies to Meditation
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A common kitchen ice pick was a prototype instrument used in one type of lobotomy.
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This 1952 document urgently seeks a lobotomy program at the Iowa City VA.
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Marine veteran Daniel Gannon meditates in the IPR studios.
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