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Position:Home>History> In 1975 'One who flew over the cukoosnest', what 'treatment' didQuestion: In 1975 'One who flew over the cukoosnest', what 'treatment' did Jack N!.'s' character get at the end!? In the movies at the end, Jack Nickelson's character get some kind of treatment with his head, and he looks all 'zombied out!.' This makes chief want to kill him, and he does; with the pillow!. So, what kind of treatment was done to him!? I know that back in the older days they used to do a lot of messed up things to mental patients!. I am just curious what treatment did he get to get those scars/marks on this temples!? Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The scars on his temples are from shock therapy where electrical currents are passed through the brain, it is considered to be useless now but some 'therapists' still preach its benefits!. The procedure that left the Nickelson character 'Zombied out' was a Lobotomy, a particularly brutal procedure which involved inserting a specialised instrument nicknamed an 'ice pick' through the eye socket and using it to destroy the frontal lobe which effectively destroyed a persons personality!. In effect they are left a living breathing human shell with no ability for original thought!. "In 1948, Norbert Wiener, the author of Cybernetics, said: "!.!.!.prefrontal lobotomy !.!.!.has recently been having a certain vogue, probably not unconnected with the fact that it makes the custodial care of many patients easier!. Let me remark in passing that killing them makes their custodial care still easier!." Russia was the first country to outlaw the procedure in 1950 and the rest of the world followed suit as new drugs became available!.Www@QuestionHome@Com He receives a LOBOTOMY to the front area of his brain, know as the FRONTAL LOBE (1 of 4 lobes of the brain)!. This lobe is responsible mainly for us being able to perform cognitive tasks and it also helps with our speech!. However it is also believed to be the part of our brain that contains the characteristics for our PERSONALITY!. THEREFORE, by REMOVING (or altering) this part of his brain doctors would have hoped for him to become SUBMISSIVE and CALM in his nature in comparison to his current 'reckless' personality that ended him up in the mental home (this, as you can see is what did occur) Www@QuestionHome@Com Lobotomy!. It's a scary thing and the brain won't work the same way again after that treatment!. You might even be like a "zombie" for the rest of your life if the process didn't work through!. For more information, check out google or wikipedia!. You should check out the book too (if you haven't), it a pretty good read, in my opinion!.Www@QuestionHome@Com He received shock treatment in the movie, but the final cure was a lobotomy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Excuse me, but the film was based on a much better book by Ken Kesey!. Lobotomy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Lobotomy!. They removed part or most of the frontal lobes of his brain!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Shock Treatment!.!.!.!. They electrocute him!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |