On Mondays we read from your e-mails. And this week we focus on the enormous response to our show last week with Howard Dully. That followed the broadcast of his radio documentary "My Lobotomy." ...

“Doctors say that worry can be cut out of the brain with a knife. There is a better way. GO TO CHURCH.” So read one newspaper reaction to Dr. Walter Freeman’s lobotomy exhibit at a medical convention ...

The controversial career of Dr. Walter Freeman, a neurologist and a brain doctor who performed over 2,000 lobotomies during his career, began in the 1920s and 1930s. Dr. Walter Freeman was a ...

The patients suffered from a variety of mental disorders. Some had anxiety neuroses, others fought against irrational fears, morbid thoughts, hallucinations, a few had drifted into suicidal depression ...

In the early 20th century we had very little understanding of mental illness and how to treat it. Into this knowledge vacuum stepped Walter Freeman, a charismatic American neurologist with a bold ...

FREEMAN, WALTER N. Born in Schuylkill Haven, PA on November 26, 1945. His life was cut short at 63 years of age on November 9, 2009. He was an avid cyclist, kayaker, tennis player and also loved ...

As the father of psychosurgery in the U.S., Washington Neurologist Walter Freeman bears a heavy burden of responsibility, both medical and moral. With Dr. James Watts, he introduced the drastic ...

WALTER H. FREEMAN March 16, 1919 December 22, 2000 “We thought of you with love today, But that is nothing new, We thought about you yesterday, And the day before that too We thought of you in silence ...

Walter Tomasello (Tom) Freeman passed away on Oct. 21, 2019 after an extended illness at The Gardens at Lake Brook with his devoted wife by his side. Tom was born February 18, 1952 to Joyce Tomasello ...