• DOI:10.1076/jhin.10.1.79.5634
Corpus ID: 29727830

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}
}

J. Stone

Published 2001

Psychology, Medicine

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

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

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