Account of a lobotomy, 1936:

Six holes were now cut in the patient's head. When she had been stitched together and had awoken from the anesthetic, the sense of calm she exuded in contrast with her former terror was striking. When asked by Freeman if she could remember why she had previously been so upset, she could only say: "I don't know. I seem to have forgotten. It doesn't seem important now."

Newly retired Sun CEO Scott McNealy, last week:

He feels as if a buzz saw has suddenly been removed from his forehead.

"I've been having this CEO grindstone grinder gnawing at my forehead for 22 straight years now," he said, mimicking the sounds of a chainsaw as he placed his hand between his eyes, as if it were a blade slicing into his brain.

"It's strangely quiet," he said with a laugh.

Brief History of the Lobotomy [University of Arizona]
Sun's McNealy revels in new role after stepping aside [Washington Post in FW Journal Gazette]

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