Lochotomy: The Side Effects Of Lobotomy

After doing some additional reading into Lobotomy and its side effects, I honestly think that the procedure was more of a torture rather than a treatment or cure for a disease. Upon watching the video, I was affected by seeing the pictures of the “ice picks” inside people’s orbits and realizing they would eventually touch the brain. What struck me the most is that what would make anyone especially a physician think that by doing this procedure they could actually help a patient instead of doing more harm? Sure, it was easier for mental institutions to handle many patients while they are in a vegetative state instead of caring for unruly patients screaming and roaming around aimlessly, additionally giving a sense of hope to the family members of the ill but in all reality creating more troubles.
I think there are many factors to consider into what caused Dr. Freeman to attempt and use an innovative way to help his patients with this new and improved version of the Leucotomy; which he later renamed to Lobotomy. First, I believe that his desire to continue his family’s legacy in medicine played a crucial aspect, after all both his father and his maternal grandfather were prominent doctors which meant he had to live up to great expectations. Then this idea of becoming a pioneer was reinforced by the deplorable …show more content…
The limitations of medical treatments need to be taken into consideration due to the time period in which they took place, during that time the procedure was considered an advancement into a field that was unknown. Currently, a lobotomy would be considered barbaric by many doctors and would definitely be the last resort if at all considered thanks to the advancement in the pharmaceutic industry, not only that but it would create several ethical