In Discover, Neuroskeptic discusses an article from the Journal of Medical Biography that recounts the story of two of the earliest 20th century American “surgeon-psychiatrists who believed that they could cure schizophrenia by removing parts of their patients’ intestines (and other organs).”
In the Comments section, it is noted that researchers today are beginning to link certain psychological states to influences from gut microbiota.
The Tragic History of Surgery for Schizophrenia (Discover, January 11, 2015)
