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Prefrontal Leucotomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

James S. McGregor  and
John R. Crumbie
James S. McGregor
Affiliation:
Warlingham Park Hospital
John R. Crumbie
Affiliation:
Warlingham Park Hospital
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Extract

The operation of prefrontal leucotomy presents many aspects; to select one in preference to another would, we feel, do the subject an injustice. We have therefore decided to treat the subject as a whole, and thus avoid limiting the scope of the paper or of any subsequent discussion.

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Part II.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 88 , Issue 373 , October 1942 , pp. 534 - 540
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1942 

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