medical history

The phrase lobotomy guy refers to the person most associated with the development and controversial spread of the prefrontal lobotomy, a psychiatric procedure once thought to ca...

Yes, some lobotomies produced measurable, sometimes lasting improvements in severe mental illness and agitation, but these successes came with high risks of profound personality...

Poliomyelitis, caused by the poliovirus, can damage the nervous system and impair breathing muscles. In the era before widespread vaccination, severe bulbar or spinal polio some...

Performing reflex assessment on newborns is intended to provide reassurance about transition to extrauterine life. Tactile stimulation such as drying and rubbing the back or fli...