10 Incredibly Dangerous Doctors

Posted by Miss Cellania in Medicine on November 30, 2008 at 9:12 am


History is full of medical horror stories you’ve never heard of. Some doctors popularized theories that turned out to be just plain wrong, others made catastrophic misdiagnoses. Still others valued their research over their patients, to the detriment of both. Shown is Dr. Walter Freeman, who promoted the ice pick lobotomy in the mid-20th century.

It became incredibly popular, over 50,000 were performed, with Freeman performing over 3,000 himself in his lobotomobile. Freeman believed in lobotomies even after being discredited. He spent his final years visiting his victims, trying to prove they had benefited from his work.

Read about Freeman and nine other dangerous doctors. Link -Thanks, Sami!


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12 comments to "10 Incredibly Dangerous Doctors"

  1. Evilbeagle
    November 30th, 2008 at 9:29 am

    I love that web site and wish they updated more often! Great stuff. We've come a long way.

  2. Max Power
    November 30th, 2008 at 9:32 am

    That's just what they used to think as well. ;)

  3. Evilbeagle
    November 30th, 2008 at 10:00 am

    Very true, Max. I imagine that in about fifty years, people will be shocked at some of our own medical practices. :P

  4. CJAC
    November 30th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    What about Dr. Acula?

  5. Johnny Cat
    November 30th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    Lobotomobile? Crikey!

  6. Evilbeagle
    November 30th, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    Dr. Acula gets a free pass from me for being a hottie. ;)

  7. Ali S.
    November 30th, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    It's like they each threw the Hippocratic Oath out the window in their pursuit to make their name a household name associated with delinquency and bad practice.

  8. Peeves
    November 30th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    They rarely update but when they do it's great. I love that they start with Zoidberg..they even love the shows I love!

  9. whitcwa
    November 30th, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    Does Dr. Kissinger qualify?

  10. gokartn
    November 30th, 2008 at 8:37 pm

    Yesterday's doctor is today's serial killer.

  11. Timmothy
    November 30th, 2008 at 10:39 pm

    There's a great documentary and info about Freeman and his kind at cchr.org

  12. Sid Morrison
    December 1st, 2008 at 10:58 am

    Good call on including Freeman, but let's not forget the guy who originally developed the lobotomy procedure (Dr. Egas Moniz). Moriz actually got the 1949 Nobel prize in Medicine for his work.

    Freeman (a neurologist) together with James Watts (a surgeon) "optimized" Moniz's original procedure, coined the term "lobotomy", and busily promoted the procedure. When old Joe Kennedy had his troublesome daughter Rosemary lobotomized by Freeman, the profound damage incurred finally brought some public scrutiny to the issue.


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