leukotomy

Moniz's conclusion was this: "Prefrontal leukotomy is a simple operation, always safe, which may prove to be an effective surgical treatment in certain cases of mental disorder."

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Leukotomy/Lobotomy - leukotomy is the surgical operation of interrupting the pathways of white nerve fibers within the brain.

Controversial Psychosurgery Resulted in a Nobel Prize 1998

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 "cut/slice").

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The world's first modern frontal leukotomy is performed in a Lisbon hospital by Portuguese neurologist Antonio Egas Moniz.

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Moniz's leukotomy (or leucotomy, from the Greek for "cutting white," in this case the brain's white matter) soon became popularly known as the lobotomy.

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Swayze II, VW: Frontal leukotomy and related psychosurgical procedures in the era before antipsychotics (1935-1954): A historical overview.

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In 1936 Moniz published his first report on prefrontal leukotomy.

Controversial Psychosurgery Resulted in a Nobel Prize 1998

However, there is no doubt that it really was Moniz who initiated and managed to inspire enthusiasm for the importance of prefrontal leukotomy in the treatment of certain psychoses.

Controversial Psychosurgery Resulted in a Nobel Prize 1998

At that time there did not exist any effective treatment whatsoever for schizophrenia, and the leukotomy managed at least to make life more endurable for the patients and their surroundings.

Controversial Psychosurgery Resulted in a Nobel Prize 1998

The leukotomy soon achieved a good reputation in, among other countries,

Controversial Psychosurgery Resulted in a Nobel Prize 1998