In the 1940s Dr. Walter Freeman gained fame for perfecting the lobotomy, then hailed as a miracle cure for the severely mentally ill. But within a few years, lobotomy was labeled one of the most ...

Robert Schwentke has reportedly been signed up to direct a new HBO series. The Time Traveller's Wife filmmaker will lead a drama about lobotomy inventor Dr Walter Freeman alongside scribe Daniel ...

As the father of psychosurgery in the U.S., Washington Neurologist Walter Freeman bears a heavy burden of responsibility, both medical and moral. With Dr. James Watts, he introduced the drastic ...

Howard Dully, at just 12 years old, was subjected to a lobotomy by Dr. Walter Freeman, an infamous "icepick surgeon." If You See a Purple Parking Space, Here’s What It Means 'Charlie's Angels' star ...

In the history of medicine, few stories capture the dual nature of scientific progress and human tragedy quite like the infamous "lobotomobile." This traveling psychiatric clinic, which crisscrossed ...