Dr. Gottlieb Burckhardt the Pioneer of Psychosurgery
@article{Stone2001DrGB, title={Dr. Gottlieb Burckhardt the Pioneer of Psychosurgery}, author={J. Stone}, journal={Journal of the History of the Neurosciences}, year={2001}, volume={10}, pages={79 - 92} }
The first attempt at psychosurgeryintentional damage to the intact brain for the relief of mental illness–was undertaken in 1888 by the Swiss psychiatrist Gottlieb Burckhardt. Six chronic schizophrenic patients underwent localized cerebral cortical excisions. Most patients showed improvement and became easier to manage, although one died from the procedure and several had aphasia or seizures. Burckhardt, a learned neuropsychiatrist, presented his results in 1890 and in 1891 published his… CONTINUE READING
Topics from this paper
Paper Mentions
26 Citations
Gottlieb Burckhardt (1836-1907): 19th-Century Pioneer of Psychosurgery.
- Medicine
- Surgical innovation
- 2020
Modern psychosurgery before Egas Moniz: a tribute to Gottlieb Burckhardt.
- Psychology, Medicine
- Neurosurgical focus
- 2008
- 28
Gottlieb Burckhardt and Egas Moniz--two beginnings of psychosurgery.
- Medicine, Psychology
- Gesnerus
- 2005
- 22
- PDF
Topectomy versus leukotomy: J. Lawrence Pool's contribution to psychosurgery.
- Psychology, Medicine
- Neurosurgical focus
- 2017
- 1
- PDF
Evolution in the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: From Psychosurgery to Psychopharmacology to Neuromodulation
- Psychology, Medicine
- Front. Neurosci.
- 2019
- 14
- PDF
Psychosurgery for schizophrenia: history and perspectives
- Medicine
- Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
- 2013
- 9
- PDF
Neurostimulatory and ablative treatment options in major depressive disorder: a systematic review
- Medicine
- Acta Neurochirurgica
- 2009
- 45
- PDF
References
SHOWING 1-10 OF 35 REFERENCES
[History of psychosurgery].
- Psychology, Medicine
- Nihon ishigaku zasshi. [Journal of Japanese history of medicine]
- 1993
- 22
- Highly Influential
From Theory to Practice: The Unconventional Contribution of Gottlieb Burckhardt to Psychosurgery
- Psychology, Medicine
- Brain and Language
- 1993
- 25
Psychosurgery. Intelligence, Emotion and Social Behavior Following Prefrontal Lobotomy for Mental Disorders
- Medicine
- The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
- 1942
- 24
The Localisation of Cerebral Disease
- Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology (London, England : 1875)
- 1879
- 7
Frontal lobotomy in early schizophrenia. Long follow-up in 415 cases.
- Psychology, Medicine
- The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
- 1971
- 23