PREFRONTAL OPERATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS
Authors: J L POOL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 September 1949PREFRONTAL OPERATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESSJ. LAWRENCE POOL, M.D.J. LAWRENCE POOL, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-3-424 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPrefrontal operations for the treatment of mental illness may be divided into two main classes: 1. those involving interruption of the white matter (lobotomy or leucotomy); 2. those involving resection of cortical gray matter (subtotal cortical ablation; frontal gyrectomy; topectomy).The first effort to treat psychotic patients by surgery upon the brain was made by Burckhardt of Switzerland in 1891, who reported some degree of improvement following unilateral cortical ablations.1Then in 1937, Moniz of Portugal2reported encouraging results following bilateral prefrontal leucotomy, a procedure devised and developed by him, and later modified by Freeman and Watts who introduced it...Bibliography1. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Presented at the Thirtieth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, New York, N. Y., March 28, 1949.From the Department of Neurological Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and the Service of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Institute, Presbyterian Hospital, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRecent Advances in Neurologic SurgeryPrefrontal Lobotomy for Relief of Pain 1 September 1949Volume 31, Issue 3Page: 424-428KeywordsBrainSurgeonsSurgery Issue Published: 1 September 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...