From the 1950s onward, lobotomy began to be abandoned,[9] first in the Soviet Union,[10] where the procedure immediately garnered extensive criticism and was not widely employed, before being banned in December 1950,[11]
It us said that the Stalin administration’s Ws were so numerous that they couldn’t keep track of them all. Many of these Ws were lost in transportation, had to be exported or were left rotting in the fields and there was a huge overcapacity of Ws. The Soviet citizens kept begging the government to reduce W production, but the administration paid them no heed.
I remember reading this Wiki page when I finished watching a playthrough of “The Town of Light” videogame.
I was so angry and sad, that it was soothing to read about someone having common sense and banning this abomination of a practice.
I recommend everyone to watch a playthrough or play the game if possible, as it gives context to not only this post, but to the reality of this age’s medical practices.