Season 20 · Episode 2 of 14
Aired Jan 21, 2008
The Lobotomist
Mon, Jan 21, 2008
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55 min
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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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Mon, Jan 21, 2008
55 min
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American Experience
417 episodes
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S20 · E2
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