Friederich Golz
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Friederich Golz was a German
scientist and researcher, who was a pioneer in psychosurgery
. He performed the first lobotomy
on dogs in 1890. His experiments involved removing portions of the dogs’ temporal lobe
s. As a result the dogs were more calm and less aggressive. His work inspired the first lobotomies in humans, performed by Gottlieb Burkhardt, in 1892.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
scientist and researcher, who was a pioneer in psychosurgery
Psychosurgery
Psychosurgery, also called neurosurgery for mental disorder , is the neurosurgical treatment of mental disorder. Psychosurgery has always been a controversial medical field. The modern history of psychosurgery begins in the 1880s under the Swiss psychiatrist Gottlieb Burckhardt...
. He performed the first lobotomy
Lobotomy
Lobotomy "; τομή – tomē: "cut/slice") is a neurosurgical procedure, a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy . It consists of cutting the connections to and from the prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain...
on dogs in 1890. His experiments involved removing portions of the dogs’ temporal lobe
Temporal lobe
The temporal lobe is a region of the cerebral cortex that is located beneath the Sylvian fissure on both cerebral hemispheres of the mammalian brain....
s. As a result the dogs were more calm and less aggressive. His work inspired the first lobotomies in humans, performed by Gottlieb Burkhardt, in 1892.