Walter Freeman - Revision history

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Mcdlizzie87 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:44:38 GMT

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-	'''Walter Jackson Freeman''' (1875-1972) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a neurologist and psychologist infamous for promoting the carrying out of transorbital lobotomies on mentally ill people in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's. He himself performed over 2,800 lobotomies. A '''lobotomy''' is an operation in which part of a ~~person’s~~ brain is entirely removed in order to lessen the psychological symptoms of schizophrenia, intractable depression, severe anxiety, and obsessions. The lobotomy was a controversial surgery as Freeman and supporters viewed it as solving a mental health care crisis and others labeled it as inhumane due to the side affects on personality patients suffered. The lobotomy as a treatment procedure was virtually discontinued with the advent of drug therapy. While he is often independently credited with the introduction of psychosurgery in the United States and with the invention of the lobotomy, neither of these suppositions are factual as he was initially partners with the neurosurgeon '''James Watts''' and the suregy was pioneered by [[Egas Moniz]].	+	'''Walter Jackson Freeman''' (1875-1972) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a neurologist and psychologist infamous for promoting the carrying out of transorbital lobotomies on mentally ill people in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's. He himself performed over 2,800 lobotomies. A '''lobotomy''' is an operation in which part of a personâ��s brain is entirely removed in order to lessen the psychological symptoms of schizophrenia, intractable depression, severe anxiety, and obsessions. The lobotomy was a controversial surgery as Freeman and supporters viewed it as solving a mental health care crisis and others labeled it as inhumane due to the side affects on personality patients suffered. The lobotomy as a treatment procedure was virtually discontinued with the advent of drug therapy. While he is often independently credited with the introduction of psychosurgery in the United States and with the invention of the lobotomy, neither of these suppositions are factual as he was initially partners with the neurosurgeon '''James Watts''' and the suregy was pioneered by [[Egas Moniz]].
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		+	Video Link: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0aNILW6ILk]]

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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==
-	'''Walter Jackson Freeman'''(1875-1972) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a neurologist and psychologist infamous for promoting the carrying out of transorbital lobotomies on mentally ill people in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's. He himself performed over 2,800 lobotomies. A '''lobotomy''' is an operation in which part of a person’s brain is entirely removed in order to lessen the psychological symptoms of schizophrenia, intractable depression, severe anxiety, and obsessions. The lobotomy was a controversial surgery as Freeman and supporters viewed it as solving a mental ~~healthcare~~ crisis and others labeled it as inhumane due to the side affects on personality patients suffered. The lobotomy as a treatment procedure was virtually discontinued with the advent of drug therapy. While he is often independently credited with the introduction of psychosurgery in the United States and with the invention of the lobotomy, neither of these suppositions are factual as he was initially partners with the neurosurgeon '''James Watts''' and the ~~surgy~~ was pioneered by [[Egas Moniz]].	+	'''Walter Jackson Freeman''' (1875-1972) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a neurologist and psychologist infamous for promoting the carrying out of transorbital lobotomies on mentally ill people in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's. He himself performed over 2,800 lobotomies. A '''lobotomy''' is an operation in which part of a person’s brain is entirely removed in order to lessen the psychological symptoms of schizophrenia, intractable depression, severe anxiety, and obsessions. The lobotomy was a controversial surgery as Freeman and supporters viewed it as solving a mental health care crisis and others labeled it as inhumane due to the side affects on personality patients suffered. The lobotomy as a treatment procedure was virtually discontinued with the advent of drug therapy. While he is often independently credited with the introduction of psychosurgery in the United States and with the invention of the lobotomy, neither of these suppositions are factual as he was initially partners with the neurosurgeon '''James Watts''' and the suregy was pioneered by [[Egas Moniz]].

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Mcdlizzie87 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:55:32 GMT

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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==
-	'''Walter Jackson Freeman'''(1875-1972) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a neurologist and psychologist infamous for promoting the carrying out of transorbital lobotomies on mentally ill people in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's. He himself performed over 2,800 lobotomies. A '''lobotomy''' is an operation in which part of a person’s brain is entirely removed in order to lessen the psychological symptoms of schizophrenia, intractable depression, severe anxiety, and obsessions. The lobotomy was a controversial surgery as Freeman and supporters viewed it as solving a mental healthcare crisis and others labeled it as inhumane due to the side affects on personality patients suffered. The lobotomy as a treatment procedure was virtually discontinued with the advent of drug therapy. While he is often independently credited with the introduction of psychosurgery in the United States and with the invention of the lobotomy, neither of these suppositions are factual as he was initially partners with the neurosurgeon '''James Watts''' and the surgy was pioneered by [[Moniz]].	+	'''Walter Jackson Freeman'''(1875-1972) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a neurologist and psychologist infamous for promoting the carrying out of transorbital lobotomies on mentally ill people in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's. He himself performed over 2,800 lobotomies. A '''lobotomy''' is an operation in which part of a person’s brain is entirely removed in order to lessen the psychological symptoms of schizophrenia, intractable depression, severe anxiety, and obsessions. The lobotomy was a controversial surgery as Freeman and supporters viewed it as solving a mental healthcare crisis and others labeled it as inhumane due to the side affects on personality patients suffered. The lobotomy as a treatment procedure was virtually discontinued with the advent of drug therapy. While he is often independently credited with the introduction of psychosurgery in the United States and with the invention of the lobotomy, neither of these suppositions are factual as he was initially partners with the neurosurgeon '''James Watts''' and the surgy was pioneered by [[Egas Moniz]].

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Mcdlizzie87 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:54:48 GMT

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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==
-	'''Walter Jackson Freeman'''(1875-1972) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a neurologist and psychologist infamous for promoting the carrying out of transorbital lobotomies on mentally ill people in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's. He himself performed over 2,800 lobotomies. A '''lobotomy''' is an operation in which part of a person’s brain is entirely removed in order to lessen the psychological symptoms of schizophrenia, intractable depression, severe anxiety, and obsessions. The lobotomy was a controversial surgery as Freeman and supporters viewed it as solving a mental healthcare crisis and others labeled it as inhumane due to the side affects on personality patients suffered. The lobotomy as a treatment procedure was virtually discontinued with the advent of drug therapy. While he is often independently credited with the introduction of psychosurgery in the United States and with the invention of the lobotomy, neither of these suppositions are factual as he was initially partners with the neurosurgeon '''James Watts''' and the ~~lobotomy~~ was ~~first~~ pioneered ~~in Portugal~~.	+	'''Walter Jackson Freeman'''(1875-1972) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a neurologist and psychologist infamous for promoting the carrying out of transorbital lobotomies on mentally ill people in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's. He himself performed over 2,800 lobotomies. A '''lobotomy''' is an operation in which part of a person’s brain is entirely removed in order to lessen the psychological symptoms of schizophrenia, intractable depression, severe anxiety, and obsessions. The lobotomy was a controversial surgery as Freeman and supporters viewed it as solving a mental healthcare crisis and others labeled it as inhumane due to the side affects on personality patients suffered. The lobotomy as a treatment procedure was virtually discontinued with the advent of drug therapy. While he is often independently credited with the introduction of psychosurgery in the United States and with the invention of the lobotomy, neither of these suppositions are factual as he was initially partners with the neurosurgeon '''James Watts''' and the surgy was pioneered by [[Moniz]].

Mcdlizzie87 at 19:37, 21 April 2008

Mcdlizzie87 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:37:44 GMT

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		+	== Summary ==
		+	'''Walter Jackson Freeman'''(1875-1972) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a neurologist and psychologist infamous for promoting the carrying out of transorbital lobotomies on mentally ill people in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's. He himself performed over 2,800 lobotomies. A '''lobotomy''' is an operation in which part of a person’s brain is entirely removed in order to lessen the psychological symptoms of schizophrenia, intractable depression, severe anxiety, and obsessions. The lobotomy was a controversial surgery as Freeman and supporters viewed it as solving a mental healthcare crisis and others labeled it as inhumane due to the side affects on personality patients suffered. The lobotomy as a treatment procedure was virtually discontinued with the advent of drug therapy. While he is often independently credited with the introduction of psychosurgery in the United States and with the invention of the lobotomy, neither of these suppositions are factual as he was initially partners with the neurosurgeon '''James Watts''' and the lobotomy was first pioneered in Portugal.

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