Talk:António Egas Moniz/Archive 1

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His surgical approach subsequently fell into disrepute, partly due to Walter Freeman in the US who slightly modified the technique and used it indiscriminately. The apparition of Thorazine provoked the death of psychosurgery, not ethical concerns. Last lobotomies at the Stockton State Hospital, 1954. Introduction of Thorazine, 1954. Connect the dots. --67.68.240.18 01:52, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, this is a rather one-sided and flattering presentation of the man behind frontal lobotomy, a so-called "treatment" who pretty much turns people into vegetables.

-- and why is there no reference, anywhere, to the motive of his shooter? I'm curious as to whether the former patient was seeking revenge for having had their brain mutilated

i agree. there's been so much controversy about his so-called prefrontal lobotomy.

His shot had nothing to do with prefrontal lobotomy. The patient who shot him did *not* have any contact with lobotomy whatsoever. He was a regular patient with a psychiatric disorder. You can confirm that in a publication that will be out soon, by Prof. Dr. João Lobo-Antunes, who is just finishing his biography. Mind you the Lobo Antunes is closely related to Egas Moniz, since his father and his father's brother both were part of Egas Moniz team.

Oslo Prize
What is the "Oslo Prize"? I found nothing about that "prize" in the Internet.Page Up 11:25, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Death?
The following is claimed by Jack El-Hai in his article Minnesota in the Age of Lobotomy, found at http://www.mmaonline.net/publications/MnMed1999/October/El-Hai.cfm:

In 1944, Moniz—who coined the term "psychosurgery"—was shot and left paralyzed by one of his psychosurgery patients. Five years later he won the Nobel Prize in medicine for his brain surgery techniques. In 1956, another leucotomy patient attacked and killed him.

The veracity is suspect, since in the same article El-Hai also repeats the debunked claim of Frances Farmer's lobotomy, however I think in view of these contrary claims the main article here would benefit by citing some references to Moniz' attack and later death.