psychosurgery

Discusses lobotomies, a medical procedure for helping mentally ill patients initially considered to be groundbreaking when first proposed and performed by Walter Freeman and later decried as a major lapse in morality, and contains interviews with medical historians, former patients, and others.

Howard Dully recounts how the lobotomy he had at age twelve impacted every aspect of his life, leaving him struggling to get through each day, until, decades after the surgery, he was able to pull himself together and uncover the truth about why his parents made him have the operation.

Howard Dully recounts how the lobotomy he had at age twelve impacted every aspect of his life, leaving him struggling to get through each day, until, decades after the surgery, he was able to pull himself together and uncover the truth about why his parents made him have the operation.