-
William Sargant and
Eliot Slater that 15,000
leucotomies had been
performed in the UK by 1962. The 14
leucotomies reported by
Puusepp in his 1937
paper were...
- and put into use and
leucotomies fell out of favour. Moniz's
legacy suffered towards the end of the 20th century, as
leucotomies were then
perceived overwhelmingly...
- standard, pre-frontal, or Freeman-Watts
leucotomy on the one hand and
modified leucotomies, such as
rostral leucotomy, cingulotomy, etc., on the other. In...
-
under the age of 35, were
operated on annually. In the
Soviet Union,
leucotomies were used for the
treatment of
schizophrenia in the 1940s, but the practice...
-
leucotome or
McKenzie leucotome is a
surgical instrument used for
performing leucotomies (also
known as lobotomy) and
other forms of psychosurgery.
Invented by...
-
awarded to Egas
Moniz "for his
discovery of the
therapeutic value of
leucotomy in
certain psychoses."
Lobotomy Leucotome Instruments used in general...
- such
influential publications as The New
England Journal of Medicine,
leucotomy or "lobotomy"
became so po****r that
about 5,000
lobotomies were performed...
-
which two
chimpanzees were
given leucotomies and pre- and post-surgical
behavior was compared.
Prior to the
leucotomy, the
chimps engaged in
typical behavior...
-
members of the
Family was
given LSD,
electroconvulsive therapy, and two
leucotomies during the late 1960s.
Although Newhaven Hospital had been
closed down...
- Pre-frontal
leucotomy in 1,000 cases.
Psychosurgery was also
introduced into
British East Africa. In 1946
twenty prefrontal leucotomies were performed...
