The year is 1949.

The Nobel Prize in Medicine has just gone to the man who invented the lobotomy. Your doctor suggests one for your sister, who has not been herself since the baby came. It is the most celebrated advance in psychiatry of the age, and he is simply current. By the… pic.twitter.com/ZwIoslELDe

— Sama Hoole (@SamaHoole) June 12, 2026