print email comment close 'My Lobotomy': Howard Dully's Journey URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014080 Description: This feature looks at lobotomies--brain surgeries that were used to treat certain types of mental illness--and some of the people who received the treatments (such as 12-year-old Howard Dully). Includes a FAQ discussing prefrontal and transorbital ("ice-pick") lobotomies, a timeline, oral histories from patients and witnesses, images, audio of the program, and links to related resources. From National Public Radio (NPR); produced by Sound Portraits Productions. Publisher: National Public Radio (NPR) Extra Keywords Walter Freeman leucotomy Library of Congress Subject Headings: Freeman, Walter, 1895-1972 Frontal lobotomy People Psychosurgery LII Database Information: Record 19756 created by Jennifer English on 11/17/2005 Last modification on 11/22/2005 Published: 11/23/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19756