American Experience · SEASON 20
The Lobotomist
Episode 2 · 2008-01-21
- Documentary
Episode overview
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.
55 minutes
Season 20 episodes
1. Oswald's Ghost2008-01-14
2. The Lobotomist2008-01-21
3. Eyes on the Prize (7 & 8): The Time Has Come/Two Societies2008-02-03
4. Grand Central2008-02-04
5. Eyes on the Prize (9 & 10): Power!/The Promised Land2008-02-10
6. Eyes on the Prize (11 & 12): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law?2008-02-17
7. Eyes on the Prize (13 & 14): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the Movement2008-02-24
8. Kit Carson2008-02-18
9. Buffalo Bill2008-02-25
10. Minik: The Lost Eskimo2009-03-31
11. Walt Whitman2008-04-14
12. Roberto Clemente2008-04-21
13. George H.W. Bush (1)2008-05-05
14. George H.W. Bush (2)2008-05-06
