The Anatomy of a Lobotomy

In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy, discusses the anatomy and methodology behind the transorbital lobotomy procedure.

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[Moiremax]

For anyone that didn’t know, JFK’s sister, Rosemary underwent a lobotomy at age 23. She was left with the intelligence of a two year old. Truly a tragic story.

[jackieroy]

My grandfather had early onset Alzheimer’s. He was taken to the Selkirk ( Manitoba) mental hospital in 1949. We found medical records stating he had a lobotomy done. Makes me so sad.

[WootTootZoot]

When I was a kid growing up in the 50's and 60's, out neighbor's Son had been given a lobotomy because he was prone to anger outbursts and was considered uncontrollable. The sad thing is, he probably was autistic and would have more than likely responded to therapy. I remember my Dad (father was a teacher and worked with mentally challenged children) being so upset when he found out what they did to him. I use to see him walking around at night, he would just walk around the block over and over at night.

[IndigoBunnyProductions]

I'm autistic, schizophrenic and epileptic, and everyday i thank God to be born nowadays, knowing full well that if i wasn't i probably would've ended lobotomized... I'm so proud of how medicine evolved ❤

[yourface]

Had to pause the video to appreciate that he was holding someone’s brain. Once someone’s personality traits, and an entire lifetime of experiences in the palm of his hands. Crazy stuff.

[NintendoTransformer]

This is literally one of my worst nightmares. My brain being mutilated while I’m still awake, aware that I’m losing myself and not being able to do anything about it. I couldn’t even imagine how horrifying that must have been for the people who went through it.

[bonniezeigler]

My great grandmother had one. My mom describes her as lacking all emotion, good or bad, just going through the motions of life.

[regularfish]

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[bbkidney]

”They did lobotomies as late as the 1950s which is mind blowing”.

Lobotomy was used on mentally handicapped children until 1983(!) in Denmark. The Scandinavian countries was ”best in the world” on this procedure.

[jenmedlock]

Thank you for this explanation. I knew the idea of a lobotomy, but seeing it explained using the real physical structures is so helpful. My husband's great uncle returned from WWII in a state of "shell shock" as it was called then. Medication and therapy wasn't nearly as developed as now and his doctor ended up giving him a lobotomy to make the symptoms go away. It worked, but unfortunately it took away nearly all of his personality. He was completely dependent on family to live with because he could not care for himself. He lived for almost 70 years post-lobotomy, first with his mother, then his sister, then his nephew, then my husband and myself. He outlived so many people that by the time he was "passed down" to my husband's dad no one knew what he was like before the war. Recently some old photos were found and we all cried happy tears to see that he had a real life before the war. He never married or had children, but he had friends and what appeared to be a girlfriend. We recognized his 93 year old denture-laden grin in the brilliant smile of the young man in the photos. In the 70s and 80s he learned to use the lawn mower and would do the neighbors' lawns for pocket money. My husband being just a little guy in the 80s would walk with his great uncle down the street to share fries and a shake. It was their weekend routine. He seemed functional because he could use the bathroom on his own and rummage in the pantry for food, but he couldn't be left alone because he would try to remember how to cook or he'd move the family sofa to the backyard and hose it off (he did that, and explained that it was dirty and needed cleaning). Though his former personality and most of his pre-war and war memories were gone, he remembered some people, I think he just knew who "his people" were and stuck with us. I wish the lobotomy hadn't been done to him, he seemed like he was an incredible guy in the photos. During his years with us he was a handful, like a preschooler in a man's body, but he was also a blessing. I'm so glad this isn't done anymore, it is unthinkable what was stolen from him. If meds and therapy were better then he could have gone on to have a real life of his own. At least he had family to keep him though, he wasn't locked away broken and alone. He was an honorary grandpa for several generations and we like to think that being with family all those years is what kept him healthy and living for so long.

Long story, all to say thanks for really showing what really happened to sweet Uncle Frank.

[LowKeyJaded]

The fact that there was no specialized medical tool used, and instead they used an ICE PICK, a type of hard sculpting tool, to essentially kill someone’s soul is mind boggling.

[bobmalibaliyahmarley]

''Sir, the patient claims he's depressed, so let's go ahead and make him feel nothing at all.''

[hugobourgon]

The Canadian singer, Alys Robi, had two lobotomies against her will. All of that because she was depressed. She said she woke up feeling better without knowing what happened, and then realized she was one of the rare cases of successful lobotomies.

[iwasadeum]

The operation itself is horrifying. But the fact that SO MANY of these were administered against the desire of the individual being lobotomized is even more horrifying.

[Rena-brito]

Someone should make a corporation about this

[lilyraimey]

As someone with autism that wasn’t diagnosed until later in life, as a child I was noticeably different in my interactions with people, and to think THIS could’ve been my fate had I been born in the wrong place at the wrong time is fucking horrifying.

[bruhmomenthdr]

"can't have a mental illness without mental cognition"
-Nobel peace prize winner.

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[eden]

I read lobotomies were also used on people with ADHD back when it was misunderstood. Parents would use it on their kids that couldn’t control them because they were always hyperactive.