Surgical interruption of nerve fibers connecting the
frontal or prefrontal areas of the cerebral cortex of the brain. Although such a
procedure may have been first performed in 1892 in Switzerland by Gottlieb
Burkhardt, Egas Moniz probably introduced
the procedure to modern medicine, winning the Nobel Prize for his work.
Also: frontal lobotomy, leucotomy, leukotomy, prefrontal
lobotomy, transorbital ("ice pick") lobotomy
Books and Other
Media:
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An Angel at My Table DVD Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, and
Iris Churn 1990
- El-Hai, Jack
The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the
World of Mental Illness (Hardcover - January 17, 2005)
- Frances DVD 1994 In the film
Jessica Lange plays the actress whose questionable mental illness resulted in
hospitalization and some of the treatments of her time.
- Frances Farmer
Paperback 1984
- From Hell
DVD Johnny Depp, Heather Graham 2001
- One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest DVD Jack
Nicholson, Louise Fletcher 1975
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey (Paperback
- July 1989) | Library
Binding | Mass
Market Paperback | Audio
Cassette | Audio
CD (Unabridged)
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Suddenly, Last Summe DVD Elizabeth Taylor,
Katharine Hepburn 1959
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Valenstein, Elliot S. Great and Desperate Cures: The Rise
and Decline of Psychosurgery and Other Radical Treatments for Mental Illness
Hardcover |
Paperback 1987
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Williams, Tennessee Suddenly
Last Summer (Paperback - January 1998)
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