In 1953, 27-year-old Henry Gustave Molaison underwent an experimental "psychosurgical" procedure--a targeted lobotomy--in an effort to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. The outcome was unexpected--when Henry awoke, he could no longer form new memories, and for the rest of his life would be trappe[...]
In Permanent Present Tense Suzanne Corkin tells the incredible story of the amnesiac Henry Gustave Molaison - known only as H.M. until his death in 2008 - and what he taught medical science, neuroscience and the world. In 1953, at the age of twenty-seven, Molaison underwent an experimental psychosur[...]