10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEUKOTOMY»
Discover the use of
leukotomy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
leukotomy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Images of Spanish Psychiatry
Many years were to pass before neurosurgery would become a fully-fledged field
in Spanish universities. When in December 1936, Egas Moniz published the first
results of leukotomy operations carried out by Almeida Lima on 20 psychotic ...
Juan José López Ibor, Carmen Leal Cercós, Carlos Carbonell Masiá, 2004
2
Sleep and Dreaming: Scientific Advances and Reconsiderations
Of special interest is the fact that this lesion site coincides exactly with the region
that was targeted in modified (orbitomesial) pre- frontal leukotomy (Bradley et al.
1958). This association is confirmed by the fact that a 70-90% incidence of ...
Edward F. Pace-Schott, 2003
3
Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders: From Bench to Bedside
Limbic leukotomy combines anterior cingulotomy and lesioning of the
frontothalamic projections and is often performed in a staged manner. To date, no
trial has been performed to compare the efficacy of limbic leukotomy to that of
anterior ...
Frank I. Tarazi, John A. Schetz, 2007
4
Bonica's Management of Pain
Cingulotomyprocedureswere progressivelyadaptedfrom frontal lobe operations
such as the prefrontal leukotomy, designed to treat psychiatric disorders.46 White
matter tracts from thalamic and cingulate structures, representing the rostral ...
Scott Fishman, Jane Ballantyne, James P. Rathmell, 2010
5
Bonica's Management of Pain
Cingulotomyprocedureswere progressivelyadaptedfrom frontal lobe operations
such as the prefrontal leukotomy, designed to treat psychiatric disorders.46 White
matter tracts from thalamic and cingulate structures, representing the rostral ...
6
Access to Surgery: 500 single best answer questions in ...
During the late 1930s, such findings suggested the treatment of prefrontal
leukotomy in mentally disturbed humans. Prefrontal leukotomy severs
connections between the prefrontal cortical association area and the thalamus
and so functionally ...
Raja Shahzad, Shahzad G. Raja, 2007
7
Introduction to Neuropsychology, Second Edition
PSYCHOSURGERY Prefrontal Leukotomy Recent debate over psychosurgery
has been strongly influenced by the history of the leukotomy operation. Although
there were earlier experiments, it was Moniz who introduced the operation in
1936 ...
8
The Oxford Reference Guide to English Morphology
They cite the example of the initial combining form leuko-, which literally means '
white', and occurs in such neoclassical compounds as leukocyte, leukotomy, and
leukopathy. The issue here is that in each case what is modified by leuko- is left ...
Laurie Bauer, Rochelle Lieber, Ingo Plag, 2013
9
Schizophrenia: From Mind to Molecule
One highly informative clinical population is a group of patients who were treated
with prefrontal leukotomy in the state of Iowa during the late 1940s and early
1950s. As described in the next section of this chapter, we are conducting an ...
10
Loss and Restoration of Regenerative Capacity in Tissues and ...
The method of prefrontal leukotomy, therefore, was justifiably discontinued, and
forbidden in psychiatry. However, its essence must be more deeply understood
and what is useful extracted from it. The basic presumption of this method,
namely ...
Lev Vladimirovich Polezhaev, 1972
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEUKOTOMY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
leukotomy is used in the context of the following news items.
A World War II Nurse's VA Lobotomy Takes Toll on Family She Raised
The VA in Washington urged its hospitals nationwide to distribute the pamphlet to families of lobotomized vets. The VA used the term leukotomy ... «Wall Street Journal, Jan 15»
What is a lobotomy?
A lobotomy is a neurosurgical procedure, a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy. While the procedure has been ... «Portage Daily Register, Feb 14»
Nov. 12, 1935: You Should (Not) Have a Lobotomy
1935: The world's first modern frontal leukotomy is performed in a Lisbon hospital by Portuguese neurologist Antonio Egas Moniz. «Wired News, Nov 10»
A Night at the Opera
... but I am not sure if it actually happened, for I was butcher-frocked and hallucinated, with my name on a list called Prefrontal Leukotomy. «New Yorker, May 08»
