The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness Book

Explores one of the darkest chapters of American medicine: the desperate attempt to treat the hundreds of thousands of psychiatric patients in need of help during the middle decades of the twentieth century.Read More

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  • ASDA

    Praise for The Lobotomist Written with such clarity and engaging detail that a reader has difficulty in putting it down. --The New York Review of Books One of the many virtues of El-Hai's text is the rich detail he provides about Freeman's life and ideas. --Los Angeles Times Fascinating...

  • Blackwell

    Walter J. Freeman ranks as one of the most scorned physicians of the 20th century. Many people still believe a number of myths about his lobotomies. Yet, many important medical figures during Freeman's time lent their support to his work.

  • 0470098309
  • 9780470098301
  • Jack El-Hai
  • 2 March 2007
  • John Wiley & Sons
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 368
  • New edition
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