Author: Jack El-Hai
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Publisher: Wiley
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0470098309
The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness
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. Medical books The Lobotomist. 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 Medical books My Landlady The Lobotomist. Raw Dog Screaming Press 9781933293608 My Landlady the Lobotomist Description *Author: Gerdes, Eckhard *Binding Type: Paperback *Number of Pages: 120 *Publication Date: 2008/06/01 *Language: English *Dimensions: 8.50 x 5.50 x 0.28 inches SKU: UBM9781933293608 Payment We accept payment via PayPal, Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover and PayPals Bill Me Later. Note: All purchases are processed via PayPal. If you have any questions or issues with your order, please contact us--we'll
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Medical Book The Lobotomist
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.
