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Walter Freeman. By Anna O’Hern. William Williams Keen. American physician President of the American Medical Association Freemans grandfather 4 daughters Corinne Keen Freeman Freeman was the first and favorite grandchild. Medical education was interrupted by the civil war
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Walter Freeman By Anna O’Hern
William Williams Keen • American physician • President of the American Medical Association • Freemans grandfather • 4 daughters • Corinne Keen Freeman • 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 income exceeded $30,000 • Was 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: Richard, Norman, Jack, and William • Sisters: Virginia and Dot • Not close • Around 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 Walter why why • Shy and unathletic • Found girls to be bothersome • Didn’t start dating until medical school • Took up photography at the age of 13
Education • Attended Yale fall 1912 at age 16- struggled • Awkward roommate • Would 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, Frank, Paul, and Lorne • Defended their fathers legacy
Previous procedures • Leucotomy- cutting the neural connections in the prefrontal regions of the brain • Consistency of cutting warm butter • Leucotomies- 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 Marie Kennedy • Left 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 1930s- mid 1950s • 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
Howard Dully interview • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1-aCbnc4fg&t=54s
Howard Dully • 12 years old • Didn’t know what had happened • Because his mother wanted to control him • In some ways lucky
Discussion • Do you think we will ever be at the point of altering the brain again?
Transcranial magnetic stimulation Stimulation delivered through electrodes
Death • Walter Freeman passed away • May 31, 1972 • Theory was discredited
Discussion • Would you get a lobotomy if it were he last option knowing the side effects?