Lobotomy

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A lobotomy is the practice of severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex.

John F. Kennedy ordered a lobotomy on Rosemary Kennedy in 1941 to "calm her mood swings", which left her permanently incapacitated.^[1]

In December 1950, the Soviet Union's Ministry of Health banned lobotomies.^[2]

References

↑ "Rosemary Kennedy".
↑ Order 1003 (9 December 1950), vol. 20(1) (1951) (Russian: Приказ МЗ СССР 1003 (9 декабря 1950)). Невропатология и психиатрия [Neuropathology and Psychiatry].

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