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Dr. Egas Moniz-First Modern Psychosurgery
On December 27, 1935 Dr. Egas Moniz did the first modern psychosurgery. Dr. Moniz was born Antonio Caetano de Abreu Foeire Egas Moniz in Avenca, Portugal on November 29, 1847. At the time of his discovery he was a professor of neurology at the University of Lisbon Medical School.
Dr Moniz based his work on the findings of Dr. John Fulton who completely removed the frontal lobes of two chimpanzees without the apparent loss of other mental functions. Dr. Moniz developed a technique he called prefrontal leucotomy or as we know it frontal lobotomy, which consisted in severing fiber tracts between the thalamus and the frontal lobes. By doing this, his understand...
On December 27, 1935 Dr. Egas Moniz did the first modern psychosurgery. Dr. Moniz was born Antonio Caetano de Abreu Foeire Egas Moniz in Avenca, Portugal on November 29, 1847. At the time of his discovery he was a professor of neurology at the University of Lisbon Medical School.
Dr Moniz based his work on the findings of Dr. John Fulton who completely removed the frontal lobes of two chimpanzees without the apparent loss of other mental functions. Dr. Moniz developed a technique he called prefrontal leucotomy or as we know it frontal lobotomy, which consisted in severing fiber tracts between the thalamus and the frontal lobes. By doing this, his understand...
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