Lobotomy Nation: The History of Psychosurgery and Psychiatry in Denmark by Jesper Vaczy Kragh
English | PDF,EPUB | 2021 | 457 Pages | ISBN : 3030653056 | 13.9 MB
This book tells the story of one of medicine’s most (in)famous treatments: the neurosurgical operation commonly known as lobotomy. Invented by Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz in 1935, lobotomy or psychosurgery became widely used in a number of countries, including Denmark, where the treatment had a major breakthrough.