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Historical Bibliography Updated: March 21, 2020

Prefrontal lobotomy in agitated depression. Report of a case.

Publication Details

Med. Ann. Distr. Columbia 5, 326-28. 1936 CE.

See also the book by the same authors, Psychosurgery: Intelligence, emotion, and social behavior following prefrontal lobotomy for mental disorders. Springfield: Charles C Thomas, 1942. By the 1950s lobotomy was largely discredited, and replaced by psychotropic medication, such as thorazine.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#4906
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/5964
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLprefrontal-lobotomy-in-agitated-depression-report-of-a-case

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: Springfield, IL