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

It was there that the beauty fell into the clutches of a “monster” whose treatment regime included zapping patients’ brains with electricity and even performing LOBOTOMIES. Linda spent six ...

This terrible need for treatment cleared the path for widespread acceptance of such radical treatments as shock therapy and lobotomy. In the United States, neurology professor Walter Freeman threw ...

The Lobotomy Files: Inside the Mind of Roman Tritz Roman Tritz was one of thousands of WWll veterans who were lobotomized by the Veterans Administration. The nation forgot, but Mr. Tritz remembers.

Senior House lawmakers are pressing the Veterans Administration to track down veterans still living today who underwent lobotomies at Veterans Administration hospitals during and after World War II.