Moniz's first lobotomy procedures involved cutting a hole in the skull and injecting ethanol into the brain to destroy the fibers that connected the frontal lobe to other parts of the brain.

The dark history of the lobotomy began in the early 20th century. The earliest version of the procedure involved drilling a ...

Lobotomy is a surgical procedure performed on ... removing a part of the frontal lobe of the patient's brain through a hole or holes made in the skull. Many people with depression and ...

Lobotomies involved separating tissue in an area called the prefrontal cortex in one of two primary ways: Frontal lobotomy. A surgeon drilled a hole into each side of the skull and cut through ...

The fire was like “a lobotomy of the Brazilian memory,” said Marina Silva, a former environment minister and candidate in the upcoming presidential election, according to the Guardian.