Word: drowsier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...patient is given only a local anesthetic at the temples-the brain itself is insensitive-and the doctors encourage him to talk, sing or recite poems and prayers while the operation is in progress. As his lobes are sliced, he becomes drowsier, more confused and incoherent. When his replies to questions show that his mind is thoroughly disoriented, the doctors know they have cut deep enough into his brain. (Dr. Freeman once casually asked a patient, "What's going through your mind now?" Said the patient: "A knife...
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