Lobotomy
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Lobotomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A lobotomy (Greek: lobos: Lobe of brain, tomos: "cut/slice") is a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy (from Greek leukos: clear or white and tomos meaning ... (more...)
Lobotomy
The idea of brain surgery as a means of improving mental health got started around 1890, when Friederich Golz, a German researcher, removed portions of his dogs? temporal lobes ... (more...)
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Psychosurgery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The original lobotomy was a crude operation and the practice was soon developed into a more exact stereotactic procedure where only very small lesions were placed in the brain. (more...)
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lobotomy definition | Dictionary.com
noun, plural -mies. Surgery. 1. the operation of cutting into a lobe, as of the brain or the lung. 2. prefrontal lobotomy. (more...)
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