Yes; in the article, there were some lucky cases, some not so lucky: > Anna Ruth Channels suffered from severe headaches and was referred to Freeman in 1950. H

Yes; in the article, there were some lucky cases, some not so lucky: > Anna Ruth Channels suffered from severe headaches and was referred to Freeman in 1950. He prescribed a transorbital lobotomy. The procedure cured Channels of her headaches, but it left her with the mind of a child, according to her daughter, Carol Noelle. On the whole, I'd say it's an utterly barbaric, even idiotic, procedure. As I said, believing that random tissue damage has "healing properties" is so idiotic I cannot believe it. At least if it was specific to some parts of the brain, e.g. "for depression, destroy this part of the brain," it'd be a bit more understandable (not by much though).