After seven patients, they switched to cutting the lobe ... acceptance of such radical treatments as shock therapy and lobotomy. In the United States, neurology professor Walter Freeman threw ...

Some patients seemed to show improvements after the procedure, but others suffered severe cognitive and emotional impairments. The dark history of the lobotomy began in the early 20th century.

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