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The Early Effects of Prefrontal Leucotomy on Disturbed Patients with Mental Illness of Long Duration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

E. Cunningham Dax
Affiliation:
Netherne Hospital

Extract

The following findings apply to 50 cases who were operated upon in the last six months of 1942. The very short time which has elapsed since the operations were performed makes it necessary to treat the results with the greatest reserve. It is therefore hoped that this account will be regarded as a progress report.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1943 

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