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.

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 ...

1908) treated schizophrenic patients with applications of electricity ... its popularity caused by the same factors that led to the acceptance of lobotomy. During World War II, interest in ...