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Part One: The Bastard Who Invented The Lobotomy

Behind the Bastards

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Walter Jackson Freeman II was born on November 14, 1895 in Philadelphia. He suffered from diphtheria, scarlet fever, the measles, whooping cough and mumps. The surgery worked, but it permanently paralyzed some of the muscles and Walter's shoulder and head.

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