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History of psychosurgery

The 1940s was the decade when psychosurgery was most popular, largely due to the efforts of American neurologist Walter Freeman; its use has been declining since then.

Walter Freeman

Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician who performed nearly 3500 lobotomies

Walter Jackson Freeman II

After almost ten years of performing lobotomies Freeman heard of a doctor in Italy named Amarro Fiamberti who operated on the brain through his patients’ eye sockets, allowing him to access the brain without drilling through the skull.

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