The use of lobotomy was criticized heavily in the United States, but Freeman used the media to promote lobotomy as a miracle procedure. This lead to a demand for the operation by acquiring the American audience. Freeman later changed and replaced the procedure with the transorbital lobotomy. This procedure called for the use of an orbitoclast, which was a modified ice pick. Freeman would insert the ice pick into the patient’s eye socket with a hammer and move it around to separate the frontal lobe and
The use of lobotomy was criticized heavily in the United States, but Freeman used the media to promote lobotomy as a miracle procedure. This lead to a demand for the operation by acquiring the American audience. Freeman later changed and replaced the procedure with the transorbital lobotomy. This procedure called for the use of an orbitoclast, which was a modified ice pick. Freeman would insert the ice pick into the patient’s eye socket with a hammer and move it around to separate the frontal lobe and