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American Experience

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American Experience - Season 20 Episode 2 The Lobotomist


(30 votes, average: 7.53/ 10)

55 minutes 2024 HD

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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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