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The Lobotomist

By Jack El-Hai

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The Lobotomist

By Jack El-Hai

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The Lobotomist explores one of the darkest chapters of American medicine: the desperate attempt to treat the hundreds of thousands of psychiatric patients in need of help during the middle decades of the twentieth century. Into this crisis stepped Walter Freeman, M.D., who saw a solution in lobotomy, a brain operation intended to reduce the severity of psychotic symptoms. Drawing on Freeman's documents and interviews with Freeman's family, Jack El-Hai takes a penetrating look at the life and work of this complex scientific genius. The Lobotomist explores one of the darkest chapters of American medicine: the desperate attempt to treat the hundreds of thousands of psychiatric patients in need of help during the middle decades of the twentieth century. Into this crisis stepped Walter Freeman, M.D., who saw a solution in lobotomy, a brain operation intended to reduce the severity of psychotic symptoms. Although many patients did not benefit from the thousands of lobotomies Freeman performed, others believed their lobotomies changed them for the better. Drawing on a rich collection of documents Freeman left behind and interviews with Freeman's family, Jack El-Hai takes a penetrating look into the life of this complex scientific genius and traces the physician's fascinating life and work.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
2007-01-25
Publication Date:
2007-02-09
Publisher:
Wiley
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0470098309
ISBN13:
9780470098301
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
465 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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