A Lobotomy is an operation that was first completed on humans in 1935 by Dr. Moniz, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his lobotomy practices in 1949. The doctor drilled holes into the brain and he destroyed the nerves that connected the frontal lobes to the main body of the human brain. The doctor warned that lobotomies should only be used in rare, unusual cases when other methods and treatments had failed.

In 1936, Walter Freeman and James Watts performed their first lobotomy on a patient showing symptoms of fearfulness and an agitated personality. The patient’s schizophrenic symptoms seemed to be somewhat appeased; however, she developed apathy, indifference, and dispassion. Walter Freeman developed the "ice-pick lobotomy." He would sedate the patient with electric shocks and insert the pick above the eye, through the plate and into the brain. Dr. Freeman used this method for all sorts of mental and behavioral disorders – schizophrenia, major depression, sexual......

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