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Episode 73 - The History of the Lobotomy
Legends of Surgery
English - November 01, 2018 02:43 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 238 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 72 - The History of Clubfoot
In this episode, we'll cover the strange and sometimes disturbing history of psychosurgery, and in particular, the frontal lobotomy. We'll meet the Nobel Prize winning Egas Moniz as well as the physician and self-promoter Walter Freeman. And as a special bonus, we'll briefly cover the history of zombies!