This transorbital lobotomy method did not require a neurosurgeon and could be performed outside of an operating room without the use of anesthesia by using electroconvulsive therapy to induce seizure.

He induced seizures, by using pentetrazol, as a way to reduce depression.

He said that electrically induced seizures were cheaper and easier to administer than cardiazol seizures.

He was able to induce seizures in about 1/3 the first subjects.

Abruptly discontinuing butalbital, for example, can actually induce seizures in some patients, although simple over the counter analgesics can safely be stopped by the patient without medical supervision.