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The lobotomist : sometimes medicine is a stab in the dark/ Jack El-Hai; Barak Goodman; Campbell Scott

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El-Hai, Jack

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TextPublication details: Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, 2008.Description: 1 videodisc sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. DVD, region 1, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentationSubject(s):

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2008 AV-DVD 617.4809222 E41

Summary: "Lobotomy was hailed by The New York Times as 'surgery of the soul', a groundbreaking medical procedure that promised hope to the most distressed mentally ill patients and their families. But what began as an operation of last resort was soon being performed at some fifty state asylums, often with devastating results. Little more than a decade after his rise to fame, Walter Freeman, the neurologist who championed the procedure, was decried as a moral monster, and lobotomy one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine. Through interviews with Dr. Freeman's former patients and their families, his students, and medical historians, this program offers an unprecendented look at one of the darkest chapters in psychiatric history"

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Digital Video Disc	UM Digos College - LIC	AV-DVD	AV-DVD 617.4809222 E41 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0510

"Lobotomy was hailed by The New York Times as 'surgery of the soul', a groundbreaking medical procedure that promised hope to the most distressed mentally ill patients and their families. But what began as an operation of last resort was soon being performed at some fifty state asylums, often with devastating results. Little more than a decade after his rise to fame, Walter Freeman, the neurologist who championed the procedure, was decried as a moral monster, and lobotomy one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine. Through interviews with Dr. Freeman's former patients and their families, his students, and medical historians, this program offers an unprecendented look at one of the darkest chapters in psychiatric history"

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