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Operation Ice Pick

Operation Ice Pick

Not Past It

July 17, 202427m 39s

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Show Notes

In the summer of 1952, America’s mental hospitals were bursting at the seams. There were too many patients and too few treatments. One state took a novel approach -- mass lobotomies. The plan, pioneered by West Virginia, became known as Operation Ice Pick. This episode originally aired July 20, 2022.

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