American Experience
Season 20 Episode 2 - The Lobotomist
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
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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1
Oswald's Ghost
55 min
2
The Lobotomist
55 min
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5
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7
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9
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10
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14
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