Wounded 24 times in WWII and in Korean War, Tennessee Ranger veteran dies at 106

 R.I.P.

"Wounded 24 times in WWII and Korea, Tennessee Ranger veteran dies at 106

(Stars and Stripes) The Nazis couldn’t kill Thomas E. Gwynn, and the communists failed, too — though he earned a dozen Purple Hearts fighting them." (Source, website blocked despite VPN)

Soldiers who lost a limb take part in Ukraine's Dancing with the Stars

Recommendable! 
"Ukraine’s Dancing with the Stars has taken place for the first time since Russia’s invasion in 2022."

A good looking female veteran soldier who lost one leg at age 19 or 20 due to the war performing ballet!

Erster Nationaler Veteranentag in Deutschland: "Es war höchste Zeit"

Schlagzeile des Tages! Der Zweite Weltkrieg ist lange her!

Wann wird Deutschland endlich normal werden in Bezug auf das Militär? Unsere Verbündeten, ob in Europa oder anderswo, brauchen eine fähige Bundeswehr im Ernstfall oder auch zur Verhinderung von militärischen Konflikten! Die Welt wäre besser dran und friedlicher, wenn deutsche Friedensstifter mitwirken usw. usw.

Erster Nationaler Veteranentag: "Es war höchste Zeit" | BR24 "Anlässlich des ersten nationalen Veteranentages hat Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner bei der zentralen Veranstaltung in Berlin zu Respekt gegenüber den Veteraninnen und Veteranen der Bundeswehr aufgerufen. Die Bundeswehr sei eine Parlamentsarmee."

Ach, die einstige Weinkönigin war auch dabei (auch bekannt als Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner) Vorsicht: Schlechter Witz! 😊

Former boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Visits Israeli Facility for Wounded Soldiers

Good news! The article does not mention why he visited? A glance at the Mayweather Wikipedia entry does not provide a clue either.

Not mentioned either is his jail term for domestic abuse. Maybe he changed his life.

Israel does extraordinary and often commendable things for their injured soldiers! This is just one example!

"In a heartfelt visit, retired boxing champion Floyd Mayweather arrived in Israel today to spend time at B’Lev Echad, an organization dedicated to supporting wounded soldiers in their healing journey. The visit took on even deeper significance as Mayweather honored the memory of Matan Abergel, an Israeli soldier who courageously gave his life to protect his unit. ..."

Floyd Mayweather Visits Israeli Facility for Wounded Soldiers "Floyd Mayweather Pays Tribute to Fallen Soldier and Inspires Heroes in Recovery."

Belev Echad "Restoring the Lives of the Wounded Men and Women of the IDF"

Lobotomy Quackery Revisited

Posted: 12/14/2013  Updated: 6/24/2017

Update Of 6/24/2017

Of course lobotomy was not the only quackery applied to mentally ill humans. There were other so called shock therapies like electroconvulsive therapy (made famous in the movie One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest with Jack Nicholson) or insulin coma/shock therapy.

Never Trust Your Doctor!

He or she might be a quack. Academic pedigree is no guarantee for anything.

As they say, if something sounds too good to be true ...

Lobotomy is one of those dark chapters of the annals of medicine and it is only a few decades old. It is a stark reminder of caveat emptor regarding medical professionals.

Nobel Prize In Medicine For Quackery

It happened in 1949 see Wikipedia article on this subject. One of the greatest quacks “ Walter Freeman nominated his mentor António Egas Moniz for a Nobel prize and in 1949 Moniz won the Nobel prize in physiology and medicine.” (source)

New Investigative Journalism On The Subject

The Wall Street Journal (one of the best newspapers in the U.S.) published a three part report of about 2,000 or more lobotomies performed on returning veterans of World War II (here, here, and here). I have not yet read all three installments, but it is a gripping tale.

According to Wikipedia from the early 1940 until 1951 about 20,000 lobotomies were performed in the U.S. alone. Thus, about a whopping 20% were performed on these veteran soldiers.

Why Was One Of The Leading Quacks Never Indicted?

Dr. Walter Jackson Freeman II himself performed lobotomies although he was not trained or licensed as a surgeon. Dr. Freeman apparently had a family history of doctors.

Why was this quack never expelled or disciplined by the medical profession?

Wall Street Journal reported on 12/13/2013 about Dr. Freeman “One patient in Iowa in 1951 died when the doctor [Freeman] chose an inopportune moment to stop for a photo and the surgical instrument penetrated too far into the patient’s brain, Freeman biographer Jack El-Hai wrote in “The Lobotomist.” ” (source). If this is true, why was he not indicted by prosecutors?

Previous, Related Blog Posts

I briefly talked about lobotomy here.