But for a transorbital lobotomy, the patient's brain would be accessed through their eye sockets instead. The lobotomy was invented in 1935 by a Portuguese neurologist named Egas Moniz.

(via TEDEd) In 1935, researchers found that after removing the frontal lobes of two chimps, they no longer experienced frustration or anxiety. Neurologist Egas Moniz believed that replicating this in ...

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 ...

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