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The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness

The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness

Physician Walter Freeman attempts to treat thousands of psychiatric patients needing help during the middle of the 20th century.

2007

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Damn History #84 | November 2024

An unpleasant message from 1948

Nov 4

Damn History #84 | November 2024

Nov 4

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In Love with a Delusion

Oct 21

In Love with a Delusion

Oct 21

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Damn History #83 | October 2024

Out of context?

Oct 2

Damn History #83 | October 2024

Oct 2

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Damn History #82 | September 2024

Block that history meme!

Sep 5

Damn History #82 | September 2024

Sep 5

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How my article and book became a podcast

Twenty-seven years ago, I started researching one of the nation’s oldest active missing-child cases, a mystery that began less than four…

Aug 16

How my article and book became a podcast

Aug 16

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1948: An American Psychiatrist Recommends Mental Evaluations of Political Office Seekers

As I wrote in my book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, Douglas M. Kelley, M.D., had learned plenty about destructive heads of state by the…

Jul 11

1948: An American Psychiatrist Recommends Mental Evaluations of Political Office Seekers

Jul 11

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Tips on giving history talks

I’ve given many public talks about history — usually on topics connected to the subjects of my books. Speaking about history is an…

Apr 18

Tips on giving history talks

Apr 18

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They’re trying to make me into a novelist!

I’ll have a new book coming out a year from now. Titled Face in the Mirror: A Surgeon, a Patient, and a Second Chance at Life, it tells the…

Feb 29

They’re trying to make me into a novelist!

Feb 29

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Transporting audiences to times past

A few years ago I spent an afternoon in Paris with a wonderful French TV crew at work on a documentary about the Nazi leader Hermann…

Feb 15

Transporting audiences to times past

Feb 15

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The past offers no legal protections for history writers

I sometimes joke that I like writing about history because dead people can’t sue for defamation and libel. But apparently, as public…

Feb 8

The past offers no legal protections for history writers

Feb 8

Jack El-Hai

Jack El-Hai

Book Author

Books: The Lost Brothers (2019), The Nazi and the Psychiatrist (2013), & The Lobotomist (2005). Covers history, medicine, science, and more. jack@el-hai.com

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