Made for PBS , airing January 21st in the US.
Season 20. Episode 2.
The story : Walter Freeman was a doctor who was convinced he was born into medical greatness.
Studying the brain and mental illness after his grandfather before him , Dr Freeman seen many cases not being dealt with due to no one knowing what to do.
This frustrated and angered the doctor and he began doing many experiments in search of a cure for the mental illness he was surrounded by.
In the early 30s , shock treatment was seen as a temporary cure for its patients so that was not a good option.
In 1936 , Dr Freeman conducted his first and very successful brain surgery success , claiming lobotomy to be the way.
By the 40s , he was performing a lobotomy operations using an ice pick through the eye lids and teaching many other brain surgeons to do the operation quickly and massively.
By the 60s , the drug Thorazine was taking the place of lobotomies and Dr Freemans use was becoming less and less.
Stars Howard Dully , Carl Nubile , Jack El Hai , Walter Freeman III , Franklin Freeman , Angelene Forester , Christine Johnson , Leslie Jones McPortland , Richard Biermann , (voice) Campbell Scott
Directed by (& story written) Barak Goodman and John Maggio
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/SERIES
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