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Brain Surgery, Electroshocks, Resurrection

By: Jiri Nvk

See also FROM LUNATIC ASYLUM TO PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL list.
See also HYPNOSIS, HYPNOTISM list.
See also REALITY OF THE UNREAL list.
See also MENTAL IMAGERY list.

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Neurosurgery

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Trepanation, or trephination (both derived from the Greek word trypanon, meaning “to bore”) is perhaps the oldest form of neurosurgery. The procedure, which is called a craniotomy in medical terminology, involves the removal of a piece of bone from the skull, and it has been performed since prehistoric times. The oldest trepanned skull, found at a neolithic burial site of Ensisheim in France, is more than 7,000 years old, and trepanation was practised by the Ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Indians, Romans, Greeks and the early Mesoamerican civilizations. The procedure is still performed today, for both medical and non-medical reasons.
An Illustrated History of Trepanation

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Dr. BEAURIEUX´s experiment conducted in 1905
Dr Beaurieux and the Guillotined Head
How long is a severed head conscious for?

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Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939)… often called the “father of modern neurosurgery”

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António Egas Moniz (1874-1955)… in 1949 Nobel Prize for introducing the psychosurgical procedure leucotomy (also known as lobotomy)
Egas Moniz and the Historical Background of Leukotomy

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Robert J. White (1925-2010)… best known for his head transplants on monkeys
Dr. White´S Total Body Transplant 1/2
Dr. White´S Total Body Transplant 2/2

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Brain Dead (1990) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099173/

C
Criminally Insane (1975) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072831/

D
DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2010) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340425/

F
A Fine Madness (1966) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060414/
Frances (1982) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083967/

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Head – Hands – Heart (2010) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1725807/

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Insanitarium (2008) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103984/

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The Testament of Professor Dowell (1984) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088447/

 

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Anyone who puts Buckaroo Banzai on a list is a friend of mine.

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2Feb11

How about Brain Dead? The 1990 movie with Bill Paxton and Bill Pullman. It seems like a likely candidate for this list.

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You are seriously amazing. I love your lists!

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