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Oren Gottfried, MD on Twitter: "SHOCKING: The originator of the frontal lobotomy, received the Nobel Prize in 1949 for the "discovery of therapeutic value of leucotomy for psychoses.” https://t.co/RiU7RegzKq" / Twitter
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The first lobotomy was performed in 1936. It became very popular in the 1940s; and the inventor even won the Nobel prize! : r/Damnthatsinteresting
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