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Lobotomy "Dr. Walter Freeman, left, and Dr. James W. Watts right, study an X-ray before a psychosurgical operation. Psychosurgery is cutting into the brain to form new patterns and rid a patient of delusions, obsessions, nervous tensions and the like." Waldemar Kaempffert, "Turning the Mind Inside Out", Saturday Evening Post, 24 May 1941. Other names Leucotomy, leukotomy Specialty ...
Jan 2, 2023 · Robert Apter: neurologist, psychiatrist whom Ruth marries and hires for Emeraldine Edward Wilkinson: neurosurgeon who partners with Robert Susie Davenport: Ruth’s best friend whom she met at Mount Holyoke Mr. Gilbert: Caretaker at Magnolia Bluff Dr. Moniz: Real person, Portuguese doctor who invented the original leukotomy and received a Nobel ...
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Feb 1, 2022 · Robert is operating on patients recklessly, often with horrific results. And a vulnerable young mother, Margaret Baxter, is poised to be his next victim. Margaret can barely get out of bed, let alone care for her infant. When Dr. Apter diagnoses her with the baby blues and proposes a lobotomy, she believes the procedure is her only hope.
Feb 1, 2022 · Ruth admires and eventually falls in love with Dr. Robert Apter, the doctor of neurology and psychiatry that the hospital brings on to help progress their treatments. He believes that the answers lie with the physical nature of the brain itself. The two marry and Dr. Apter begins to perform a new experimental surgical technique called a lobotomy.
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Feb 1, 2022 · Robert is operating on patients recklessly, often with horrific results. And a vulnerable young mother, Margaret Baxter, is poised to be his next victim. Margaret can barely get out of bed, let alone care for her infant. When Dr. Apter diagnoses her with the baby blues and proposes a lobotomy, she believes the procedure is her only hope.
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Aug 13, 2023 · The main character Dr. Robert Apter is loosely based on the historical figure of Walter Freeman II. Robert pioneered this treatment which first seemed markedly helpful to patients. His wife Ruth bonded with him over hope for this treatment.
Feb 1, 2022 · Robert is operating on patients recklessly, often with horrific results. And a vulnerable young mother, Margaret Baxter, is poised to be his next victim. Margaret can barely get out of bed, let alone care for her infant. When Dr. Apter diagnoses her with the baby blues and proposes a lobotomy, she believes the procedure is her only hope.
