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 has been a long time since the first lobotomy was performed in the United States in 1936. The last recorded lobotomy was in 1967. By then, the dangerous and controversial surgical procedure was ...

Assisted death is barrelling toward legalisation with abandon, throwing out safeguards with every step. And who’s waiting to ...

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.