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The Lobotomy Letters: The Making of American Psychosurgery

The Lobotomy Letters: The Making of American Psychosurgery

Raz, Mical

Paperback

Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History, Book 25

Medical ReferenceSports General

ISBN10: 1580465242
ISBN13: 9781580465243
Publisher: Univ Of Rochester Pr
Published: Apr 1 2015
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Drawing from original correspondence penned by lobotomy patients and their families as well as from the professional papers of lobotomy pioneer and neurologist Walter Freeman, The Lobotomy Letters gives an account of the widespread acceptance of this controversial procedure.

The rise and widespread acceptance of psychosurgery constitutes one of the most troubling chapters in the history of modern medicine. By the late 1950s, tens of thousands of Americans had been lobotomized as treatment for a host of psychiatric disorders. Though the procedure would later be decried as devastating and grossly unscientific, many patients, families, and physicians reported veritable improvement from the surgery; some patients were even considered cured.

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