article_snippet: More than 20 patients were selected for prefrontal lobotomy treatments between 1942 and 1944 at The abandoned hospital in north Wales, with one patient dying from the controversial procedure.
article_snippet: Lobotomies, which consisted of the removal of parts of the brain, began to be routinely carried out in the 1930s as a supposed treatment for those considered insane - but the barbaric practice was stopped two decades later with the introduction of antipsychotic medicines.
article_snippet: Built in 1848, the hospital was the scene of at least 20 lobotomies in the mid-1940s and at least once patient died from the controversial procedure .
article_snippet: Located in Denbigh, north Wales, the hospital was the site of at least 20 lobotomies in the 1940s, with at least one patient dying from the barbaric medical procedure .
article_snippet: Pictured are treatment rooms, where patients were once given lobotomies .
highlights_snippet: The abandoned hospital in north Wales was once the home of 1,500 patients who were caged and given lobotomies .
  