The Short and Brutal History of Lobotomy
A thing of nightmares that lasted for over two decades
7 min readJan 8, 2021
On a dreary November day in 1935, an anxious Egas Moniz watched as his protege, Dr. Pedro Almeida Lima, began to drill holes into the patient’s skull. The first patient was a woman who was slated to be cured of her depression. After the holes were carefully drilled, Dr. Lima injected pure ethanol into…
