Over the past two years, Howard Dully, 56, has embarked on a quest to discover the story behind the procedure he received as a 12-year-old boy: a... 'My Lobotomy': Howard Dully's Journey 'My Lobotomy' ...

When Howard Dully was 12, his life was taken away from him. He had a lobotomy. That 10-minute operation determined the next 40 years of his life. But, fortunately, it has not defined his life.

Host Michele Norris reads from our listeners' letters, including comments on our feature on Howard Dully, who was lobotomized as a boy. Norris also reads from letters on our story on intelligent ...

Johnny Heller brings the tale of Dully's childhood lobotomy to life in this rugged, clear-cut autobiography. Heller perfectly captures Dully's San Jose accent, adding a grain to words to give a ...

A horrendous childhood is bad enough, but how does a child understand being given one of the most frightening operations imaginable? How does he deal with undergoing surgery that was used for the most ...

Now there was a time when people with mental problems received a very different kind of intervention. Later today on NPR's "All Things Considered," we're meeting a man named Howard Dully, who went ...