American Experience  The Lobotomist

Dr. Walter Freeman gained fame for perfecting the lobotomy. Details

 
 

Program: American Experience

Episode: The Lobotomist

In the 1940s Dr. Walter Freeman gained fame for perfecting the lobotomy, then hailed as a miracle cure for the severely mentally ill. But within a few years, lobotomy was labeled one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine.

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psychiatric , lobotomy , neuroscience , ethics , Walter Freeman , mental illness , ice-pick , transorbital , medical controversy

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Duration: (54:46)
Premiere Date: 02/28/2009
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TV Rating: TV-14


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