S20E02
9.0/ 1021 Jan 200855 minThe Lobotomist
American Experience – Season 20
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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