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American Experience

Season 20 Episode 2 55 min

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S20 E2: The Lobotomist

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 barbaric mistakes of modern medicine.

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Season 20 Episodes

15 episodes

E1 Oswald's Ghost E2 The Lobotomist E3 Eyes on the Prize (7 & 8): The Time Has Come/Two Societies E4 Grand Central E5 Eyes on the Prize (9 & 10): Power!/The Promised Land E6 Eyes on the Prize (11 & 12): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law? E7 Eyes on the Prize (13 & 14): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the Movement E8 Kit Carson E9 Buffalo Bill E10 Minik: The Lost Eskimo E11 Walt Whitman E12 Roberto Clemente E13 George H.W. Bush (1) E14 George H.W. Bush (2) E16 American Experience Season 20 Episode 16

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