Lobotomies, the severing of the portion of the cerebral cortex ("lobe") that controls impulses, were not an ancient art. A procedure from the 1930s and on, they were initially performed by passing a flexible rod through holes drilled in the patient's temples, and swirling the rod to sever the brain tissue. Later, an "ice pick" method was perfected by an American doctor.
Lobotomies were...
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