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Online Talk · Dr. Walter Freeman: America's Most Prolific Lobotomist with Author Claire Prentice

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Meet Walter Freeman, who invented the ten-minute lobotomy and dreamed of using it to empty the country's psychiatric hospitals. To some, Freeman was a hero, solving the nation’s mental health crisis. But many others saw a dangerous risk-taker, a showman, and a charlatan. This is the true story of a scientific pioneer whose misguided quest created one of the biggest tragedies in American medical history.