Kerouac and my Grandmother

What did Jack Kerouac and my grandmother have in common? They were both diagnosed with dementia praecox (an early name for schizophrenia).

According to The Smoking Gun:

'Kerouac ... complained that the harsh appraisal, which was later softened, came after he complained of headaches and asked for aspirin. Instead, "they diagnosed me Dementia Praecox," he said.'

My grandmother also wanted to be a writer. What might she have given the world if her brain had been spared by the lobotomists?

Want a good laugh? Read Kerouac's medical history.