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...operation, called pre-frontal lobotomy, is not new. It was invented by Portugal's Dr. Egas Moniz in 1935, was introduced to the U.S. by Neurologist Walter Freeman and Neurosurgeon James W. Watts of George Washington University (TIME, Nov. 30, 1942). But doctors have kept quiet about it. The operation is a desperate last resort...
...which underlie a psychopathic personality. This drastic method of rescuing psychotic patients from complete insanity is not exactly a new invention. It has been developed in Lisbon by Dr. Egas Moniz since 1935. But now two men who have pioneered this treatment in the U.S.-Neurologist Walter Freeman and Neurosurgeon James W. Watts of George Washington University-have published a book, Psychosurgery (Charles C. Thomas; $6), based on their work. Some 300 people in the U.S. have had their psychoses surgically removed, Dr. Freeman revealed last week, and a score of U.S. surgeons are now using the revolutionary new technique...
...death rate from brain wounds, which in World War I was lowered by Dr. Harvey Gushing from 60% to 28%, may be far lower in World War II. So predicted young Neurosurgeon Ralph Bingham Cloward, who saved the lives and wits of "a large number" of sailors and soldiers in Honolulu Dec. 7. Last fortnight, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Cloward told how he treated brain injuries at Pearl Harbor, making use of surgeons' reports of similar injuries in British, German, French, Chinese battles...
...Minor Peet, ebullient neurosurgeon of the University of Michigan whom...
...special specialty of Dr. Byron Polk Stookey, Manhattan surgeon who fortnight ago suggested that gasoline filling stations be equipped as first-aid stations for highway accidents (TIME, Nov. 9), is surgery of the brain and spinal cord. To Neurosurgeon Stookey has come many a case of paralysis rendered incurable by ignorant handling of the patient at the scene of the accident. Hoping to prevent such needless damage. Dr. Stookey this week issued new pictures (see cuts) and advice which first-aid manuals, including that of the Boy Scouts, lack...