The lobotomist
DVD - 2008
"Lobotomy was hailed by The New York Times as 'surgery of the soul', a groundbreaking medical procedure that promised hope to the most distressed mentally ill patients and their families. But what began as an operation of last resort was soon being performed at some fifty state asylums, often with devastating results. Little more than a decade after his rise to fame, Walter Freeman, the neurologist who championed the procedure, was decried as a moral monster, and lobotomy one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine. Through interviews with Dr. Freeman's former patients and their families, his students, and medical historians, this program offers an unprecedented look at one of the darkest chapters in psychiatric... history."--Container
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- Genres
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Published
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Boston, MA : Alexandria, VA :
WGBH Educational Foundation ; PBS Home Video
c2008.
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
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- Edition
- 'Widescreen' format
- Item Description
- Based, in part, on the book The lobotomist : a maverick medical genius and his tragic quest to rid the world of mental illness, by Jack El-Hai.
Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS program American experience. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD)(60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBN
- 9780793694099
