>>A psychiatric patient, diagnosed as having an "Obsessive Compulsive
>>Disorder", was advised to have a Modified Leukotomy or Tractotomy operation
>>performed on him after all other psychiatric treatments failed.
You might want to read "The Psychosurgery Debate: Scientific, Legal, and
Ethical Perspectives" edited by Elliot S. Valenstein, WH Freeman Co 1980.
Positive and negative aspects of psychosurgery are reviewed in lay terms.
