"This surgical instrument is called a leucotome"--(attributed source: advertisement in Brain, A Journal of Neurology, 73.3 [1950]). A leukotomy is a prefrontal lobotomy, i.e., an incision into the white matter in the frontal lobe, usually resulting in major personality changes. The procedure was formerly used as a surgical treatment for extreme depression, but is no longer in use.
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