The lobotomist
Title:
The lobotomist
Author:
Grimberg, Sharon.
Publication Information:
[Boston, MA] : WGBH Educational Foundation ; [Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2008]
©2008
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
The medical procedure, lobotomy, was considered a groundbreaking procedure that promised hope to the most distressed mentally ill patients and their families. What began as an operation of last resort was soon being performed at some fifty state asylums, often with devastating results. The neurologist, Walter Freeman, in little more than a decade after his rise to fame, was decried as a moral monster, and that the lobotomy was one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine. Through interviews with former patients and their families, students, and medical historians, get an unprecendented look at one of the darkest chapters in psychiatric history.
General Note:
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.
Language:
English
Contents:
Angel of mercy or medical monster -- Ellen Ionesco's story -- Warehoused patients and experimental treatments -- Dr. Freeman's research -- Refining the procedure -- Production line lobotomies -- Training others -- Beulah Jones' story -- The West Virginia lobotomy project -- Fighting critics -- Howard Dully's story -- Freeman's final journey.
Reading Level:
Not rated.
Personal Subject:
Added Uniform Title:
American experience (Television program)
ISBN:
9780793694099
UPC:
841887009102
Format :
DVD
