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[1] In 1960, at 12 years of age, Dully was submitted by his father and stepmother for a trans-orbital lobotomy, performed by Freeman for $200 (equivalent to $2,126 in 2024). [2] During the procedure, a long, sharp instrument called an orbitoclast was inserted through each of Dully's eye sockets 7 centimeters (2.8 in) into his brain.
Deathbed phenomena refers to a range of paranormal experiences claimed by people who are dying. There are many examples of deathbed phenomena in both non-fiction and fictional literature, which suggests that these occurrences have been noted by cultures around the world for centuries, although scientific study of them is relatively recent.
The famous photo of David Kirby dying from AIDS next to his father, sister, and niece David Lawrence Kirby (December 6, 1957 – May 5, 1990) [ 1 ] was an American HIV/AIDS activist , and the subject of a photograph taken at his deathbed by Therese Frare.
A lobotomy (from Greek λοβός (lobos) 'lobe' and τομή (tomē) 'cut, slice') or leucotomy is a discredited form of neurosurgical treatment for psychiatric disorder or neurological disorder (e.g. epilepsy, depression) that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex. [1]
“That’s nearly 17,000 people dying from prescription opiate overdoses every year. And more than 400,000 go to an emergency room for that reason.” Clinics that dispensed painkillers proliferated with only the loosest of safeguards, until a recent coordinated federal-state crackdown crushed many of the so-called “pill mills.”
The winged people of Normnbdsgrsutt in Robert Paltock's utopian fantasy Peter Wilkins (1750), including Youwarkee, whom Peter marries. [40] The Flock from James Patterson's Maximum Ride novel series, who are artificial human-avian hybrids and have wings. The bird people of Brontitall, led by The Wise Old Bird, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the ...
Big Bird from Sesame Street was close to being one of the casualties of the space shuttle Challenger. According to Caroll Spinney, the long-time puppeteer behind the costume, NASA had sent him a ...
Bird migration has resulted in outbreaks of the avian flu in domestic and wild birds. The H5N1 virus is the major strain circulating among wild birds worldwide, and emerged in China in the late 1990s.