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Head and Shoulder Hunting in the Americas: Walter Freeman and the Visual Culture of Lobotomy
12020-04-16T15:03:13-07:00Anne-Marie Maxwell326ac6eff123bb3f77fb517c66299be8b435b479369801This is a recorded version of a presentation about Walter Freeman, a neurologist and psychiatrist who lobotomized thousands of Americans. I talk about Freeman's practice of photographing his patients before and after their surgery, and explain what this can tell us about the history of psychiatry. For sources and a bibliography, please see http://miriamposner.com/lobotomy.htmlplain2020-04-16T15:03:14-07:00Internet ArchiveHeadAndShoulderHuntingInTheAmericasWalterFreemanAndTheVisual_293movieshistorypsychiatrylobotomyphotographyvisual culturehistory of psychiatryhistory of medicineAnne-Marie Maxwell326ac6eff123bb3f77fb517c66299be8b435b479