Yesterday the blogosphere erupted with links to an exceptionally touching autobiographical radio piece by Howard Dully, who in 1960 became first patient in the US to receive a transorbital lobotomy. He was a 12 year old boy.

It’s an entirely unique experience, to hear a lobotomy victim share his story. To feel the delicate honesty of a voice that finally assembles the courage to research his tragic past. A secret history that he has, for 40 years, been afraid to address. At the forefront of his saga are the feelings of inadequacy, for obvious reasons; a struggle that haunts him every day of his life.