The psychiatrist Walter Freeman he was specialized in lobotomy, and was part of the American Psychiatric Association. He used lobotomy as medical treatment for diseases such as bipolar mainly. He performed nearly 2500 lobotomies in 23 states. A neurologist with
out surgical training, he initially worked with several surgeons, including James W. Watts. In 1936, he and Watts became the first American doctors to perform prefrontal lobotomy. He used ice picks to hammer them into each frontal lobe through the back of each eye socket. Freeman was able to perform these very quickly, outside of an operating room, and without a surgeon. For his first transorbital lobotomies, Freeman used an actual icepick from his kitchen. Later, n instrument created specifically for the operation called a leucotome. In 1948 Freeman developed a new technique which involved wrenching the leucotome in an upstroke after the initial insertion. This procedure placed great strain on the instrument and in one case resulted in the leucotome breaking off in the patient's skull. As a result, Freeman designed a new, stronger instrument, the orbitoclast. Year later Walter Freeman claimed lobotomy a success, but this treatment brings weakness, it causes people to develop other mental problems. People started to argue about this treatment and claimed that lobotomy was like an assault in the brain, Freeman's reputation was now coming to an end, but he
didn't care about what others think about his treatment, he sometimes accidentally killed people in the patients room, either he was hitting to hard with the hammer or human error. In 1950 manufactures developed a medication that treated mental diseases, it was a substitution of lobotomy. He traveled throughout the country to treat patients one was Kennedy daughter which she had mental illness, so then doctor Freeman once again was going to perform lobotomy, and the end of the surgery the results where very bad, she was worst than before the lobotomy. Walter Freeman later died of Cancer in 1972.
out surgical training, he initially worked with several surgeons, including James W. Watts. In 1936, he and Watts became the first American doctors to perform prefrontal lobotomy. He used ice picks to hammer them into each frontal lobe through the back of each eye socket. Freeman was able to perform these very quickly, outside of an operating room, and without a surgeon. For his first transorbital lobotomies, Freeman used an actual icepick from his kitchen. Later, n instrument created specifically for the operation called a leucotome. In 1948 Freeman developed a new technique which involved wrenching the leucotome in an upstroke after the initial insertion. This procedure placed great strain on the instrument and in one case resulted in the leucotome breaking off in the patient's skull. As a result, Freeman designed a new, stronger instrument, the orbitoclast. Year later Walter Freeman claimed lobotomy a success, but this treatment brings weakness, it causes people to develop other mental problems. People started to argue about this treatment and claimed that lobotomy was like an assault in the brain, Freeman's reputation was now coming to an end, but he
didn't care about what others think about his treatment, he sometimes accidentally killed people in the patients room, either he was hitting to hard with the hammer or human error. In 1950 manufactures developed a medication that treated mental diseases, it was a substitution of lobotomy. He traveled throughout the country to treat patients one was Kennedy daughter which she had mental illness, so then doctor Freeman once again was going to perform lobotomy, and the end of the surgery the results where very bad, she was worst than before the lobotomy. Walter Freeman later died of Cancer in 1972. Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Jackson_Freeman_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Jackson_Freeman_II
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