n.前脑叶白质切除术

You guys are a lot funnier since your lobotomies. 你们这些家伙脑袋做了手术以后更加风趣了。

After Moniz won a Nobel Prize in 1949, lobotomies became an increasingly popular treatment for mental illness. 莫尼兹获颁1949年的诺贝尔奖之后，前额叶切除术也变成广为流行的精神病治疗法。

A few decades ago the heights of efficacy and compassion were lobotomies and insulin-induced comas. 几十年前，最有效且最热门的做法，则是额叶切除术以及胰岛素诱发昏迷；

Where forbidden, it has prevailed over stonings, burnings, lobotomies, schoolyard homophobia, the gallows and the gaol. 哪里被禁止，那里的爱情就会战胜投石、火刑、脑白质切除术（用于治疗精神混乱症）、同性恋恐怖症、绞刑和监禁。

In the audience was Portuguese psychiatrist Egas Moniz, who started performing lobotomies on psychotic patients and claimed excellent results. 葡萄牙精神科医师莫尼兹听了这场演讲，就开始为精神病人进行切除前额叶的手术，并宣称效果卓著。