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           ESTisn’talwaysusedforpunitivemeasures,asournurseusesit,anditisn’tpuresadismonthestaff’spart,either.AnumberofsupposedIrrecoverableswerebroughtbackintocontactwithshock,justasanumberwerehelpedwithlobotomyandleucotomy.Shocktreatmenthassomeadvantages;it’scheap,quick,entirelypainless.Itsimplyinducesaseizure."

           "Whatalife,"Sefeltmoans."Givesomeofuspillstostopafit,givetherestshocktostartone."

           HardingleansforwardtoexplainittoMcMurphy."Here’showitcameabout:twopsychiatristswerevisitingaslaughterhouse,forGodknowswhatperversereason,andwerewatchingcattlebeingkilledbyablowbetweentheeyeswithasledgehammer.Theynoticedthatnotallofthecattlewerekilled,thatsomewouldfalltothefloorinastatethatgreatlyresembledanepilepticconvulsion.‘Ah,zo,’thefirstdoctorsays.‘Zizisexactlyvotveneedforourpatients—zeeinducedfit!’Hiscolleagueagreed,ofcourse.Itwasknownthatmencomingoutofanepilepticconvulsionwereinclinedtobecalmerandmorepeacefulforatime,andthatviolentcasescompletelyoutofcontactwereabletocarryonrationalconversationsafteraconvulsion.Nooneknewwhy;theystilldon’t.Butitwasobviousthatifaseizurecouldbeinducedinnon-epileptics,greatbenefitsmightresult.Andhere,beforethem,stoodamaninducingseizureseverysooftenwithremarkableaplomb."