The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness
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, MD, 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.
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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, MD, 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.Author
Author Bio: Jack El-Hai
Jack El-Hai is a Minneapolis author of several nonfiction books, including The Lobotomist, The Lost Brothers, and The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, among others. His writing has been published in The Atlantic, Wired, GQ, Discover, Scientific American Mind, and Minnesota Monthly. He has received two Minnesota Book Awards, the June Roth Memorial Award for Medical Journalism, and fellowships and grants from the McKnight Foundation and the Jerome Foundation.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download, CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Runtime: | 15.64 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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