The Lobotomist

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Health-Medical Documentary hosted by Campbell Scott, published by PBS broadcasted as part of PBS American Experience series in 2008 - English narration

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In the 1940s Dr. Walter Freeman gained fame for perfecting the lobotomy, then hailed as a miracle cure for the severely mentally ill. It was hailed by the New York Times as "surgery of the soul," a groundbreaking medical procedure that promised hope to the most distressed mentally ill patients and their families. But what began as an operation of last resort was soon being performed at some fifty state asylums, often to devastating results. Little more than a decade after his rise to fame, Walter Freeman, the neurologist who championed the procedure, was decried as a moral monster, and lobotomy one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine. American Experience presents The Lobotomist, the gripping and tragic story of an ambitious doctor, the desperate families who sought his help, and the medical establishment that embraced him. From award-winning producers Barak Goodman and John Maggio (The Boy in the Bubble, The Fight), this one-hour film features interviews with Dr. Freeman's former patients and their families, his students, and medical historians, and offers an unprecedented look at one of the darkest chapters in psychiatric history. An Ark Media film for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

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Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4
Video Bitrate: 1663 kbps
Video Resolution: 720x400
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.800:1
Frames Per Second: 29.970
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate: 138kb/s VBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 53:53.095
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 699 MB
Source: PDTV
Capper: SoS