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First Brain Surgery
Neurologist Egas Moniz Prefroms First Brain Surgery To Treat The Mentally Disabled In Portugal.He Calls This Procedure A " Leucotomy" -
Freeman changes original procedure
Freeman changes Moniz's procedure,and calls it a "lobotomy,"and with James Watts,his partner, he performs the first prefontal lobotomy in the United States. -
Freemans New Lobotomy
Freeman Began To Explore New Ways To Preform Lobotomy. After Gaining Inspiration From An italian Doctor Who Was Able To Access The Brain Through The Eye Sockets -
Nobel Prize
Egas Moniz Wins The Nobel Prize For Lobotomy And Was Nominated By Walter Freeman -
First transorbital lobotomy is performed
Walter Freeman conducts the first transorbital lobotomy in the United States. -
Watts Separation
Watts Show A Disapproval Of The Transorbital Lobotmy Procedure. Dr.Freeman And Dr.Watts Eventually Separate From Their Partnerships. -
Freemans Sucess
Freemna Preforms Over 228 Transoribital Lobotomies In A Two Week Time Period In West Virginia For A State Sponsored Lobotomy Project Dubbed " Operation Ice Pick" By Several Newspapers -
Egaz Moniz
Egaz Moniz, Walter Freemans Mentor ANd idol, Dies At The Age Of 81 -
The Final Lobotomy
Freeman Preforms His Last Transorbital Lobotomy On A LongTime Patient, Helen Mortensen. Dr.Freeman Preformed His Third Lobotomy On Her. She Dies From A Brain Hemorrhage Following The Procedure. Freeman Is Banned From Operating -
Freemans End
Freeman Retires and Embarks On A Cross Country Follow Up Studies Of His Lobotomy Patients