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    Mental illness was thought to originate from physical issues in the brain. Walter Freeman and William King pioneered lobotomies in the 1940s-1960s as a treatment, with the first patient being Alice Hammot. Over time, lobotomies became a widely used treatment, though they were controversial and often performed on vulnerable patients, sometimes without consent. While initially endorsed by mainstream medicine, lobotomies fell out of favor as they were found to remove higher brain functions and cause permanent cognitive and memory issues without treating the underlying conditions.

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    Mental illness was thought to originate from physical issues in the brain. Walter Freeman and William King pioneered lobotomies in the 1940s-1960s as a treatment, with the first patient being Alice Hammot. Over time, lobotomies became a widely used treatment, though they were controversial and often performed on vulnerable patients, sometimes without consent. While initially endorsed by mainstream medicine, lobotomies fell out of favor as they were found to remove higher brain functions and cause permanent cognitive and memory issues without treating the underlying conditions.

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    Mental illness was thought to originate from physical issues in the brain. Walter Freeman and William King pioneered lobotomies in the 1940s-1960s as a treatment, with the first patient being Alice Hammot. Over time, lobotomies became a widely used treatment, though they were controversial and often performed on vulnerable patients, sometimes without consent. While initially endorsed by mainstream medicine, lobotomies fell out of favor as they were found to remove higher brain functions and cause permanent cognitive and memory issues without treating the underlying conditions.

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    Mental illness resulted from some illness at the brain.

    Walter Freeman always felt he was destined for great things. William King, first to successfully move a brain tumor from a patient. Frontal lobe, possible origin of mental illness. James Watts and Walter Freeman. Alice Hammot, 63 year old. First patient to receive lobotomy. (1960s) Joseph P. Kennedy Rosemary Kennedy 66th lobotomy patient, live independently. But now full time care. 1945 150 patients, 5000 patients 1949. Either staying in a mental hospital, or getting an ice pick stuck up their eyes. Lost higher intellect. No longterm memory, Untreatable cases. Lobotomy has won the mainstream medicine. (Johns Hopkins) highest endorsement, Nobel Prize was won. Poorest and most vulnerable patients. West Virginia Lobotomy project. Small town of Lakin, home to the hospital of colored insane. Freudian psychoanalysts condemned a lobotomy a violent assault to eh brain. Absence of brain, suffering, (what do we value about being human) Forezine.

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