The surgical tool was called a leucotome ... In 1945, he refined the procedure again, creating the transorbital lobotomy, which resulted in a scar-free surgery. Major U.S. medical centers like ...

Neurologist Egas Moniz believed that replicating this in humans could cure mental illness— leading to one of the most controversial and destructive medical treatments of the 20th century: the lobotomy ...

A lobotomy is a type of brain surgery that involves the removal or cutting of a portion of the brain, usually for the purpose ...

This terrible need for treatment cleared the path for widespread acceptance of such radical treatments as shock therapy and lobotomy ... The popularity of the procedure declined drastically ...