A widely known case of lobotomy was Rosemary Kennedy, sister of US president John F. Kennedy. Rosemary suffered from intellectual disabilities and mental illness, and often exhibited fits of rage as well as what appeared to be epileptic seizures. This was before the advent of psychiatric medications, and without any other treatments available, the Kennedy family decided to have a frontal lobotomy performed on Rosemary at age 23. After the surgery, Rosemary was almost completely debilitated
