Walter Freeman By Anna OHern Williams Keen American

Walter Freeman By Anna O’Hern

Williams Keen American physician President of the American Medical Association Freemans grandfather 4 daughters Corinne Keen Freeman was the first and favorite grandchild

Medical education was interrupted by the civil war Was a surgeon during the civil war Had many published works Fame made him wealthy after 1980 Annual Was income exceeded $30, 000 only 5’ 2” so he had to stand on a box during surgery

Walter Jackson Freeman I Father to Walter Freeman II Born in 1860 in Beverly, New Jersey Parents led him to medicine Moderately successful Otolaryngologist Ear, nose, and throat Married Corinne Keen (Freeman) after completing medical school

Corinne Keen Freeman Walter Freemans mother Long after her death he confessed he had never loved his mother

Walter Jackson Freeman II Born November 14, 1895 First of 7 children Brothers: Sisters: Not Around Richard, Norman, Jack, and William Virginia and Dot close the time x-rays were discovered and the publication of Freuds book on hysteria

Poor health Was often unwell At 14 months old he had enlarged lymph nodes removed from his neck Permanent paralysis of the trapezius and sternomastoid muscles Droop of his shoulder and head Measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough, mumps and pink eye Was afraid of horses for reasons unknown to him

Childhood Full of questions Little Shy Walter why and unathletic Found girls to be bothersome Didn’t Took start dating until medical school up photography at the age of 13

Education Attended Yale fall 1912 at age 16 - struggled Awkward Would roommate have been interrupted by WWI Summer 1914 worked as an apprentice machinist Thought he wanted to be an engineer Struggled with descriptive geometry Graduated Yale in 1916 after deciding to study medicine 20 years old Good at chemistry

Work Neurologist Psychiatrist NOT a surgeon Aside from a Nazi doctor, freeman ranks as one of the most scorned physicians of the twentieth century

Family Had 4 children Walter, Defended Frank, Paul, and Lorne their fathers legacy

Previous procedures Leucotomy- cutting the neural connections in the prefrontal regions of the brain Consistency Leucotomies- of cutting warm butter surgical tool to cut the nerve fibers Lasted roughly an hour

James Watts Jan 19, 1904 - Nov 15, 1994 Virginia Military Institute and University of Virginia School of Medicine Psychosurgery 2 books Rose Left Marie Kennedy Freeman

Discussion First thing you think of when you hear the word lobotomy?

Lobotomy Term coined by Freeman and James Watts Used to relieve psychiatric disorders Supposed to be the last option Thrived in the mainstream- late 1930 smid 1950 s First to preform one in the US George Washington hospital

Lobotomy Electric shock Ice picks Frontal lobe

Alice Hammatt September 1936 Before- agitated depression, uncontrollable apprehension, unable to sleep, laughed and cried hysterically Almost didn’t have the lobotomy because of her hair First lobotomy in the US After woke up from surgery was alert and active Didn’t feel any of her old fears

Lobotomobile • Would travel around in his van and try to do as many lobotomies he could in a day • Often had people watching him preform the lobotomies