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06-06-2010, 02:35 AM
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Lobotomy
is a neurosurgical procedure, a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy it consists of cutting the connections to and from the prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain. While the procedure, initially termed a leukotomy, has been controversial since its inception in 1935, it was for more than two decades a mainstream procedure prescribed for psychiatric (and occasionally other) conditions—this despite general recognition of frequent and serious side-effects. The heyday of its usage was from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s when modern neuroleptic (antipsychotic) medications were introduced. By 1951 almost 20,000 lobotomies had been performed in the United States. The decline of the procedure was gradual rather than precipitous. In Ottawa's psychiatric hospitals, for instance, 58 lobotomies were performed in 1961, seven years after the arrival in Canada of the antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine in 1954. However, this did mark a decline from the 153 lobotomies performed in the same hospitals in 1953.
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06-06-2010, 01:53 PM
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Re: Lobotomy
At what point did these doctors get together and decide, "hey, lets rip a piece of their brain out through an eye socket and see what happens.... Success!! We don't have to worry about crazy Bob anymore, now he just drools and shits himself!" Gnarly |