Most of us know from the best-selling musical "Evita" that Eva Peron died of cervical cancer at the age of 33. At least, that was the official story-- until recently a neurosurgeon at Yale University Medical School in the name of Daniel Nijensohn has uncovered evidence that suggests a totally different story, which was never published. In 2011, Nijensohn was able to obtain post mortem scans of her skeleton that showed signs her skull had been drilled into. Dr. Nijensohn's theory suggested that Juan Peron, then the President of Argentina, was responsible for the rapid decline in her health by forcing her to undergo lobotomy. Lobotomy is a neurosurgical procedure that involves cutting away or scraping connections in the frontal lobes of the brain. The procedure is known to numb a person's emotional responses.
While it may be a possibility that the reason why Juan Peron had subjected her to lobotomy was to help her endure the misery and pain of her cancer, it was also a possibility that lobotomy was used to pacify Evita and stop a war. Before her death, her speeches and her behavior had been rash.
Then neurosurgeon had written also written about Peron's last public speech that was delivered on May 1, 1952, Labor Day in Argentina, which was a call against her enemies. Her message was not an empty threat. Even with her ailing condition she allegedly had managed to order more than 5000 arms for the worker of trade unions without the knowledge of her husband. The news could have resulted to a civil war had the factions of Juan Peron's allies, who had already objected to her power, been torn by her actions.
Lobotomy had gained notoriety that was being used to control unwanted aggressive behavior and it could have been her husband's last resort to stop a civil war. After the said lobotomy, she stopped eating which eventually lead to her emaciation, which lead to her death on July 26, 1952. For whatever reason it was performed, it seemed successful and the possibility of a conspiracy has turned a gruesome chapter in the life of a controversial figure.
