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Part One: The Bastard Who Invented The Lobotomy

Behind the Bastards

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Transorbital Lobotomies

Walter Freeman started performing solo lobotomies in January of 1946. He operated out of the office he and Watts shared, but during hours when he knew his partner would not be in the building. The operation was done without surgical gloves or sterile draping. For the remainder of his association with Watts, Freeman did these operations outside the office.

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