Gottlieb Burckhardt was one of the first to perform lobotomies in 1890. Criticism of his work by colleagues led to the end of his practice of psychosurgery.
replied to: tjames
Replied to: Gottlieb Burckhardt was one of the first to perform lobotomies in...
Psychiatrist Walter Freeman and James W. Watts performed the first prefrontal lobotomy in the US in 1936.