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 ...

In November 1935, he and his assistants made the first attempts at this type of psychosurgery ... such radical treatments as shock therapy and lobotomy. In the United States, neurology professor ...