lobotomy
ˈloʊˌboʊˌtoʊmi-
(n)
lobotomy
surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
Ex-employee told Alexian Brothers Hospital patients they needed 'frontal lobotomy'. abclocal.go.com
Most of us recall lobotomies as they were depicted in the movie "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"— horrifying operations inappropriately used to control mentally ill patients. nytimes.com
The GOP's political lobotomy . ashingtonpost.com
It was not, however, the surgical procedure now generally associated with lobotomies . ired.com
Lobotomies were performed on patients suffering from severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia and clinical depression, although its use on people identified as having social disorders was not unknown. ired.com
The Lobotomy of Dubya Tush. kboo.org
Radio theater peice THE LOBOTOMY OF DUBYA TUSH, about the resignation of one of Commander Tush's most trusted advisors, Ksnarl Rove. kboo.org
If Perón indeed had a lobotomy, was she aware of what the doctors — with the permission of her husband, President Juan Domingo Perón — planned to do. nytimes.com
In five days, she's scheduled for a lobotomy. bayweekly.com
The Lobotomy of Dubya Tush . kboo.org
Radio theater peice THE LOBOTOMY OF DUBYA TUSH , about the resignation of one of Commander Tush 's most trusted advisors, Ksnarl Rove. kboo.org
When Lobotomy Was Seen as Advanced. nytimes.com
Joe Kennedy — a devoted father by Nasaw's account — outlived four of his nine children, and struggled with the mental illness of his daughter Rosemary, whose lobotomy he personally set in motion when she was 23. bur.org
This women should be next in line for either a lobotomy or a major scientific award, screw it give her both. z94.com
Of course I did not include pre-frontal lobotomies as treatments: justly discredited, they are no longer done—nor are bleeding and using ducking stools . nybooks.com
But they outlawed lobotomies back in the sixties. "Suite Mentale" by
And there were still more radical procedures, prefrontal lobotomy for instance. "The Sensitive Man" by