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In Episode 94, Robert is joined by Daniel Van Kirk to discuss Walter Freeman, the father of lobotomies.
FOOTNOTES:
- The Lobotomist
- Walter Freeman: The Father of the Lobotomy
- Rosemary Kennedy: the sad life of President Kennedy's younger sister
- Rosemary Kennedy: Telling the story of a forgotten daughter
- Inside Rosemary Kennedy's Disastrous Lobotomy – And How Her Father Chose Her Doctor
- Walter Freeman: The Father of the Lobotomy
- He was bad, so they put an ice pick in his brain...
- Joe Kennedy, Sr sought secret deal with De Valera on Irish ports during the War
- Mental Illness Is On the Rise in the U.S. for a Frustrating Reason
- The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness
- My Lobotomy
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