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amarro fiamberti 150px italy psychiatry lobotomy psychosurgery amarro fiamberti
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amarro fiamberti

amarro fiamberti was an italian psychiatrist who first performed a transorbital lobotomy -lrb- by accessing the frontal lobe of the brain through the orbits -rrb- in 1937 .
the technique remained rarely practised until his reports were discovered by his contemporary , the american neurologist walter freeman , who improved the surgical technique , initially by using ice picks -lrb- hence the name `` ice pick lobotomy '' -rrb- and later employing more refined equipment .
amarro fiamberti was later named director of the psychiatric hospital of varese when it was opened in 1964 .
