Orbitoclast

Close up of two Orbitoclasts

An orbitoclast was a surgical instrument used for performing transorbital lobotomies. It was invented by Dr. Walter Freeman as a stronger version of its predecessor, the leucotome, after snapping off an instrument inside a patient's skull.

Because actual ice picks were used in initial experimentation and because of continued close resemblance to ice pick shafts, the procedure was dubbed "ice pick lobotomy".

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