The lobotomist : a maverick medical genius and his tragic quest to rid the world of mental illness / Jack El-Hai.
El-Hai, Jack.
2005
RD594.F74 E4 2005 (Mapit)
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Title The lobotomist : a maverick medical genius and his tragic quest to rid the world of mental illness / Jack El-Hai.
Author El-Hai, Jack.
ISBN 0471232920
Publication Details Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2005.
Language English
Description v, 362 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number RD594.F74 E4 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 617.4/8/092 B
Summary Dr. Walter J. Freeman ranks as one of the most scorned physicians of the 20th century, widely remembered as a loose cannon who worked beyond the boundaries of acceptable medical practice. Yet many of the most important medical figures during his time lent their support to his work, effectively pulling lobotomy--the operation that made him famous--into the mainstream. Many of his patients observed how their lobotomies had changed them for the better. So how is it that both physicians and patients supported a procedure that today seems outrageous, even barbaric? This book takes a penetrating look into the life of a complex scientific genius who defies easy description, a brilliant but flawed figure who tried to rescue people once deemed incurable from permanent institutionalization.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-354) and index.
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Prologue
September 1936
Rittenhouse Square
The education of a lobotomist
In the hospital wards
A perfect partner
Refining lobotomy
Lines of battle
Life and death
Waterfall
Fame
Road warrior
Leaving home
Decline
Ghost
Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Bibliography.

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