In 1935, the first lobotomy was preformed, ushering in the era of one of history's worst medical practices. Over the next 30 years, tens of thousands of them would be preformed, earning its inventor a Nobel Prize. This is the history of the lobotomy.

Sources

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4291941/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3640229/

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