The abductors of the mind. Brief history of lobotomy
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In 1935, the Portuguese doctor Egash Monish proposed using a new method of treating mentally ill - lobotomy. Soon for this he was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine.
In the early 1940s, Lobotomy in the United States became one of the most popular operations. The hospitals were crowded with veterans suffering from the inability to forget the horrors of war, and this procedure has become a mild and cheap way to treat such patients. In 1945, Walter Freeman popularized a new method of this operation - using an ice hatchet. As anesthesia, it was recommended to use the method of electric shock.
In the 1950s, more than 5 thousand lobotomies were held in the States, a mobile hospital "Lobotil" traveled around the country. This method of psychosurgery was used not only in relation to veterans, with its help, signs of depression, neurosis, hyperactivity syndrome for children were removed ...
You are in front of you the most complete, exhaustive and shocking history of world psychiatric surgery
In the early 1940s, Lobotomy in the United States became one of the most popular operations. The hospitals were crowded with veterans suffering from the inability to forget the horrors of war, and this procedure has become a mild and cheap way to treat such patients. In 1945, Walter Freeman popularized a new method of this operation - using an ice hatchet. As anesthesia, it was recommended to use the method of electric shock.
In the 1950s, more than 5 thousand lobotomies were held in the States, a mobile hospital "Lobotil" traveled around the country. This method of psychosurgery was used not only in relation to veterans, with its help, signs of depression, neurosis, hyperactivity syndrome for children were removed ...
You are in front of you the most complete, exhaustive and shocking history of world psychiatric surgery
Author:
Author:Samuel Chavkin
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Medical Books
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:newspaper
Series:
Series: Clinical Stories
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-907120-53-2
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