Dr. Walter Freeman's Lobotomy

In 1967, Freeman was visited by Helen Mortensen, one of his earliest patients. She had received two lobotomies from Freeman, one in 1946 and one in 1956 after a relapse. In 1967, she relapsed again, likely as a result of her brain repairing itself. This was conducted at Herach Memorial Hospital in Berkeley, California. And unfortunately for Helenmortensen, Walter severed a blood vessel in her brain,. She died three days later from the operation, and Freeman's surgical privileges were revoked. He lived for five more years during which he performed no additional lobotomies. Between 1936 and the late 1950s, the wave of lobotomies led to more than 40,000