AP+Lobotomy+Notes

Phineas Gabe's Brain Injury
 * he was working on a railroad
 * 3 ft. 14 lb. iron rod went into his head
 * Entered through the bottom of his left cheekbone and exited through the top of his head
 * He was free from pain
 * noticed some changes in his personality, after he was not the same person
 * Before accident he was good and everyone liked him, hardworking
 * After the accident he was inpatient, no one liked him, he cursed a lot
 * 11yrs after accident he had many seizures and then he dies
 * rode passed through his frontal cortex, it isn't clear if it went through just the left one
 * Damage to the frontal lobes would affect personality and change in behavior

=Lobotomy:= It consists of cutting the connections to and from, or simply destroying, the prefrontal cortex. Result in major personality changes Change personality for the better Howard Dully: Walter Freedom:
 * First transorbital "ice-pick"
 * Freemen believed mental illness was related to overactive emotions so he would cut away the feelings with an ice pick
 * he feels like there is something missing and has never asked his family how the surgery went
 * had lobotomy at 12 yrs. old b/c his step mother didn't like the way he acted
 * he doesn't remember the operation
 * 1st lobotomy 1936 "Surgery of the Soul"

=Eplispy:=
 * removes part of the brain that has seizures
 * is when you have seizurs... we can now tell what part of the brain has seizures so they don't have them anymore
 * there is a risk of dying from this surgery

Most of the important structures in the brain are duplicated