My friend Jesper Vaczy Kragh has recently published an excellent book on the history of lobotomy in Denmark. Lobotomy was a psychosurgical treatment for mental illness that became popular during the ...
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What it's actually like to have a lobotomy
Throughout the history of medicine, there have been few surgical practices more barbaric and cruel yet sometimes surprisingly helpful than the lobotomy. Famous lobotomy patients range from children of ...
Thirty years after doctors stopped performing lobotomies to treat mental illness, epilepsy and even chronic headaches, relatives of patients who suffered after undergoing the procedure want the Nobel ...
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