Sentences with phrase «frontal lobotomies»

Spending the summer worrying about the return of grammar schools is like worrying the NHS is about to reintroduce frontal lobotomies.

In the 1940's, mental disorders including depression and anxiety were being treated with frontal lobotomies.

They deserve to be covered for all medical reasons, in this case contraceptives just as you deserve to be covered for the frontal lobotomy that you obviously need.

But giving birth is hardly the equivalent of a frontal lobotomy.

We might be talking Google drunk, blindfolded, on crutches, and with a frontal lobotomy.

The new award is given to a writer who has managed to complete a novel after a frontal lobotomy.

Not exact matches

Until the last few decades, the frontal lobes of the brain were shrouded in mystery and erroneously thought of as nonessential for normal function — hence the frequent use of lobotomies in the early 20th century to treat psychiatric disorders.

[return][return]- A leucotomy is similar to a lobotomy but only severs the connections to the frontal lobe instead of removing it entirely.