Claim: In the 1950s, at least 50,000 lobotomies were performed in the United States by hammering an ice pick into patients' brains through their eye sockets.
Fact-check: Were Lobotomies Performed with Ice Picks in the 1950s?
Verdict: Mixture
Organisation: Snopes
Author: David Emery
Date published: 2023-01-21T17:00:01