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Part One: The Bastard Who Invented The Lobotomy
Behind the Bastards
Ignore Lobotomy and Keep Driving
Freeman and Watts were one of medicine's most dynamic duos following Mrs. Hammett's lobotomy in 1936. They gradually refined their technique, replacing Moniz's luke-a-tone with an object Jack L. High describes as resembling a butter knife. Freeman viewed proper PR as critical to gaining widespread adoption for his new technique. He and Watts even lobotomized a monkey in 1939.
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