The lobotomist : a maverick medical genius and his tragic quest to rid the world of mental illness / Jack El-Hai.

  • El-Hai, Jack.
Date:
2005
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, 2005.

Physical description

v, 362 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-354) and index.

Contents

Prologue -- September 1936 -- Rittenhouse Square -- The education of a lobotomist -- In the hospital wards -- A perfect partner -- Refining lobotomy -- Lines of battle -- Life and death -- Waterfall -- Fame -- Road warrior -- Leaving home -- Decline -- Ghost -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Bibliography.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BZP (Freeman)
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0471232920