Lobotomy

Portuguese politian and neurosurgeon (1874-1955)

Psychosurgery, also called neurosurgery for mental disorder (NMD), is the neurosurgical treatment of mental disorders. Psychosurgery has always been a controversial medical field. The modern history of psychosurgery begins in the 1880s under the Swiss psychiatrist Gottlieb Burckhardt. The first significant foray into psychosurgery in the 20th century was conducted by the Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz who, during the mid-1930s, developed the operation known as leucotomy. The practice was enthusiastically taken up in the United States by the neuropsychiatrist Walter Freeman and the neurosurg

American neurologist (1895-1972)

2005 film by Priyadarshan

thumb|alt=An orbitoclast and a mallet An orbitoclast is a surgical instrument used for performing transorbital lobotomies.

Swiss psychiatrist (1836-1907)