The Lobotomy Letters : The Making of American Psychosurgery /

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The Lobotomy Letters gives an account of the widespread acceptance of this controversial procedure. Drawing from original correspondence penned by lobotomy patients and their families as well as from the professional papers of lobotomy pioneer and neurologist Walter Freeman, the volume reconstructs...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Raz, Mical
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Freeman, Walter, > 1895-1972.
Freeman, Walter, > 1895-1972
Psychosurgery.
Physicians.
Nervous system > Surgery.
Mental illness > Treatment.
Frontal lobotomy.
Brain > Surgery.
MEDICAL > History.
MEDICAL > Surgery > Neurosurgery.
physicians.
Medecins.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Lobotomie frontale > Histoire.
Cerveau > Chirurgie.
Psychochirurgie > États-Unis.
Medecins > États-Unis > Biographies.
Maladies mentales > Traitement > États-Unis.
Neurochirurgie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Psychopathologie > Chirurgie > États-Unis.
Psychochirurgie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Psychochirurgie > Histoire.
Physicians
Neurosurgery > history
Mental Disorders > surgery
History, 20th Century
Psychosurgery > history
Frontal lobotomy > History.
Psychosurgery > United States.
Physicians > United States > Biography.
Mental illness > Treatment > United States.
Nervous system > Surgery > United States > History.
Psychology, Pathological > Surgery > United States.
Psychosurgery > United States > History.
Psychosurgery > History.
United States.
United States
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The Lobotomy Letters gives an account of the widespread acceptance of this controversial procedure. Drawing from original correspondence penned by lobotomy patients and their families as well as from the professional papers of lobotomy pioneer and neurologist Walter Freeman, the volume reconstructs how physicians, patients, and their families viewed lobotomy and analyzes the reasons for its overwhelming use.
Physical Description:1 online resource (178 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781580467940
ISSN:1526-2715

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