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for patient care was substantially reduced, and working capacity was increased. Fifty-seven per cent of all the patients were at home; 2 patients committed sui¬ cide; and 1 died of coronary thrombosis.There were no operative fatalities. Four patients had 2 operations each, but the author does not detail the results. This monograph confirms the value of lobotomy in certain patients with intractable neuroses and psychoses and shows the greater safety and precision of Leksell's method. The study points out the symp¬ toms that are most readily relieved as well as those, such as splitting and bodily sensations, that do not respond to surgery.

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