http://scienceblogs.com/neurophiloso...lobotomy_a.php
A forthcoming PBS documentary called The Lobotomist examines the career of psychiatrist Walter J. Freeman, who performed nearly 3,000 "ice pick" lobotomies during the late 1930s and 1940s.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lobotomist/
Available for viewing online from Jan 22nd.