Posts Tagged ‘lobotomy’
The Power of Narratives: A Tale of Lobotomist and Patient
Sometimes I find that a tale does not belong in a book or article I am writing, but it is too good to forget. This is one such example. On…
Read MoreGodfather of the Lobotomy: Egas Moniz
In 2010 we saw no big celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the development of psychiatric surgery — not even in Portugal, where the first brain operations to treat psychiatric disorders,…
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