New Evidence Suggests Lobotomy On Evita Might Have Been Done To Quiet Her Rebellious Spirit [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

New Evidence Suggests Lobotomy On Evita Might Have Been Done To Quiet Her Rebellious Spirit

Author:Bahar Gholipour



Evita, 1950. Photograph in public domain.

You might want to cry for Evita.

Few years ago, Daniel E. Nijensohn, a neurosurgeon at Yale, uncovered evidence showing that Eva Perón, the first lady of Argentina, also known as Evita, received a lobotomy in 1952. It was thought that Perón went under the knife to cut parts of her frontal lobe to control her severe pain from cervical cancer.

Now Nijensohn has published a new paper with more evidence that suggests the lobotomy on Perón might have been done not just for pain control, but to actually modify her behavior and personality.

"Notwithstanding the disreputable connotation of conspiracy theories, evidence was found of a potentially sinister political conspiracy, led by General Perón, to quiet down his wife Evita and modify her behavior/personality to decrease her belligerence, in addition to treating her cancer-related pain. Psychosurgery was purportedly intended to calm Evita and thus avoid a bloody civil war in Argentina."

In the 1950s, prefrontal lobotomy was used by some surgeons for three main reasons: managing psychiatric patients, controlling pain from terminal cancer, and mind control and personality modification. The controversial surgery often involved cutting the connections between the frontal lobes and other parts of the brain, and left patients with serious side effects. Those who survived the procedure were rendered emotionless, quiet and intellectually impaired.

More:
https://www.braindecoder.com/evita-lobotomy-1238264716.html