Rosemary Kennedy's disastrous lobotomy, 1941
Rosemary Kennedy's disastrous lobotomy, 1941 Sister to President JFK, Rosemary Kennedy is a dark secret of the Kennedy family. Born in 1918, Rosemary entered a life of wealth and luxury as her father. Joseph Kennedy, was a powerful and accomplished businessman. Not much is known about her early years, but she was described as vibrant and intelligent. However at some point in her early adult years, she began to experience seizures and outbursts that would often turn violent. She was sent to a boarding school which was ran by nuns. Kennedy would escape during the night and it is thought she went out to have sex with men, which the nuns reported back to her father. Her erratic behavior at the age of 23 led to her father consulting two doctors, James W. Watts and Walter Freeman and they organized for Rosemary to have a lobotomy, which is a psychosurgery.... This is what Dr Watts recalled during the procedure: "We went through the top of the head," Dr. Watts recalled. ...