Early landowners in this Vernon Township settlement included Dennis Carsey (Kersey) born in Georgia in 1789 and William Hood, the son of the Revolutionary War veteran (same name) from Jefferson County, Indiana. Carsey purchased a total of 80 acres of federal land buying 40 acres in 1834, and again in 1837.
Hemispherectomy is a very rare neurosurgical procedure in which one cerebral hemisphere (half of the brain) is removed, disconnected, or disabled. This procedure is used to treat a variety of seizure disorders where the source of the epilepsy is localized to a broad area of a single hemisphere of the brain, notably Rasmussen's encephalitis. About one in three patients with epilepsy will continue to have persistent seizures despite epileptic drug therapy.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Years ago, violent mental patients were given a lobotomy. It was a very crude procedure where an ice pick like tool was forced into the eye socket to penetrate the frontal lobe of the brain.The desired result was to interrupt the aggression, rendering the patient docile.eport Abuse. it is to physically look at the area of the brain that is causing problems which scans can miss. they can work or the problem could be elsewhere. a lobotomy is a type of brain surgery, and the outcomes are all different.