The Lobotomist
A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness
Seiten
2007
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-470-09830-1 (ISBN)
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-470-09830-1 (ISBN)
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...
The Lobotomist 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. Into this crisis stepped Walter Freeman, M.D., who saw a solution in lobotomy, a brain operation intended to reduce the severity of psychotic symptoms. Drawing on Freeman’s documents and interviews with Freeman's family, Jack El-Hai takes a penetrating look at the life and work of this complex scientific genius. The Lobotomist 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. Into this crisis stepped Walter Freeman, M.D., who saw a solution in lobotomy, a brain operation intended to reduce the severity of psychotic symptoms. Although many patients did not benefit from the thousands of lobotomies Freeman performed, others believed their lobotomies changed them for the better. Drawing on a rich collection of documents Freeman left behind and interviews with Freeman's family, Jack El-Hai takes a penetrating look into the life of this complex scientific genius and traces the physician's fascinating life and work.
The Lobotomist 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. Into this crisis stepped Walter Freeman, M.D., who saw a solution in lobotomy, a brain operation intended to reduce the severity of psychotic symptoms. Drawing on Freeman’s documents and interviews with Freeman's family, Jack El-Hai takes a penetrating look at the life and work of this complex scientific genius. The Lobotomist 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. Into this crisis stepped Walter Freeman, M.D., who saw a solution in lobotomy, a brain operation intended to reduce the severity of psychotic symptoms. Although many patients did not benefit from the thousands of lobotomies Freeman performed, others believed their lobotomies changed them for the better. Drawing on a rich collection of documents Freeman left behind and interviews with Freeman's family, Jack El-Hai takes a penetrating look into the life of this complex scientific genius and traces the physician's fascinating life and work.
JACK EL-HAI is the President of the American Society of Journalists and a contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post Magazine, American Heritage, and other publications. He is a past winner of the Minnesota Book Award and the June Roth Memorial Award for Medical Journalism.
Prologue 1
1 September 1936 7
2 Rittenhouse Square 16
3 The Education of a Lobotomist 33
4 In the Hospital Wards 56
5 A Perfect Partner 83
6 Refining Lobotomy 111
7 The Lines of Battle 134
8 Advance and Retreat 157
9 Waterfall 178
10 Fame 207
11 Road Warrior 236
12 Leaving Home 257
13 Decline 284
14 Ghost 305
Acknowledgments 313
Notes 316
Bibliography 349
Index 355
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.3.2007 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Photos: 2 B&W, 0 Color |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 142 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 415 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik | |
| Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Neurochirurgie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-470-09830-9 / 0470098309 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-09830-1 / 9780470098301 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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