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基本説明
邦訳:2009年7月・ランダムハウス講談社。悪魔の所業か、稀代の救世主か?医学史上空前の論争を巻き起こした、「精神外科」W.J.フリーマンの実相とその時代。
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2005.
Full Description
The Lobotomist explores one of the darkest chapters of American medicinethe desperate attempt to treat the hundreds of thousands of psychiatric patients in need of help during the middle decades of the twentieth century. Into this crisis stepped Walter Freeman, M.D., who saw a solution in lobotomy, a brain operation intended to reduce the severity of psychotic symptoms. Drawing on Freeman's documents and interviews with Freeman's family, Jack El-Hai takes a penetrating look at the life and work of this complex scientific genius. The Lobotomist explores one of the darkest chapters of American medicine: the desperate attempt to treat the hundreds of thousands of psychiatric patients in need of help during the middle decades of the twentieth century. Into this crisis stepped Walter Freeman, M.D., who saw a solution in lobotomy, a brain operation intended to reduce the severity of psychotic symptoms. Although many patients did not benefit from the thousands of lobotomies Freeman performed, others believed their lobotomies changed them for the better.Drawing on a rich collection of documents Freeman left behind and interviews with Freeman's family, Jack El-Hai takes a penetrating look into the life of this complex scientific genius and traces the physician's fascinating life and work.
Contents
Prologue. 1. September 1936. 2. Rittenhouse Square. 3. The Education of a Lobotomist. 4. In the Hospital Wards. 5. A Perfect Partner. 6 Refining Lobotomy. 7. The Lines of Battle. 8. Advance and Retreat. 9. Waterfall. 10. Fame. 11. Road Warrior. 12. Leaving Home. 13. Decline. 14. Ghost. Acknowledgments. Notes. Bibliography. Index.