( It wasn’t a personal memory or strictly firsthand experience which had made him recoil so; thus it takes him a moment to sort out the words, neat and precise, to explain again exactly why it revolted him. A professional indignity. )
In my universe, there’s this outdated practice— I’m sure other places have resorted to this monstrosity as well, but regardless. Lobotomy. It was a supposed method to cure various mental disorders by purposefully damaging the brain, severing connections in the mind, leaving the patients… reduced, afterward. Personality and intellect and emotions blunted.
My medical specialty is all about the brain, the mind, the nerves, repairing damage and restoring function.
Say your job is to restore precious and fragile vases, and here’s someone going around grabbing those vases and irreversibly smashing them on the ground. I hate to see it.
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In my universe, there’s this outdated practice— I’m sure other places have resorted to this monstrosity as well, but regardless. Lobotomy. It was a supposed method to cure various mental disorders by purposefully damaging the brain, severing connections in the mind, leaving the patients… reduced, afterward. Personality and intellect and emotions blunted.
My medical specialty is all about the brain, the mind, the nerves, repairing damage and restoring function.
Say your job is to restore precious and fragile vases, and here’s someone going around grabbing those vases and irreversibly smashing them on the ground. I hate to see it.