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Q J Med 2001; 94: 451
© 2001 Association of Physicians

Historical note

Leucotomy: a qualified defence of ‘then’

J.S. Pippard

Leucotomy (known as lobotomy in the US) and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are the only physical treatments for mental illness devised in the 1930s that are still used today. Few drugs were available at this time, other than sedatives and amphetamines. The new treatments offered hope for patients with severe psychotic illness, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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