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The Lobotomy Letters
The Making of American Psychosurgery
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Mical Raz
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English
Published/Copyright:
2013
About this book
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.
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Part One: Lobotomy as Modern Medicine
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Part Two: Interpreting Lobotomy
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
April 25, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9781580467940
Original publisher:
University of Rochester Press
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
178
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4 b/w illus.
eBook ISBN:
9781580467940
Keywords for this book
psychosurgery; lobotomy patients; Walter Freeman; psychiatric disorders; history of modern medicine; American psychosurgery; lobotomy; neurologist
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;