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The Lobotomy Letters

The Making of American Psychosurgery
  • Mical Raz
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2013
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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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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
April 25, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9781580467940
Original publisher:
University of Rochester Press
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178
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4 b/w illus.
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