Psychosurgery: the past and present of ablation procedures. Harat M, Rudas M, Rybakowski J. Historical Article 2008; 29(Suppl 1): 105-122 PubMed PMID: 19029873 Keywords: Brain:anatomy & histology, History, 20th Century, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mental Disorders:surgery, Neurosurgical Procedures:methods, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:therapy, Poland, Psychosurgery:history,. Citation : Surgical intervention to the brain has a long history, but contemporary psychosurgery started in the mid-1930s. The first psychosurgical..... Read abstract