![TIL that the neurologist who invented lobotomy (António Egas Moniz) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for this highly invasive procedure, which is widely considered today to be one TIL that the neurologist who invented lobotomy (António Egas Moniz) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for this highly invasive procedure, which is widely considered today to be one](https://external-preview.redd.it/til-that-the-neurologist-who-invented-lobotomy-ant%C3%B3nio-egas-v0-pZyLlaVfjgOakg9HOTSt8aIuskq3U8iVYqbDnGC9WoA.jpg?auto=webp&s=e0e2bec5e937984f4bbabd6cfe2377239766696b)
TIL that the neurologist who invented lobotomy (António Egas Moniz) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for this highly invasive procedure, which is widely considered today to be one
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Daily Anatomy - Medical illustration of lobotomy. But why would someone perform such an invasive surgery? Lobotomy, peeformed mostly during the earlier half of the 20th century, was a form of psychosurgery
![The first lobotomy was performed in 1936. It became very popular in the 1940s; and the inventor even won the Nobel prize! : r/Damnthatsinteresting The first lobotomy was performed in 1936. It became very popular in the 1940s; and the inventor even won the Nobel prize! : r/Damnthatsinteresting](https://i.redd.it/pfnpi2ptigaa1.jpg)