1. Walter Freeman
By Anna O’Hern

2. William Williams Keen Freeman was the first and favorite grandchild
American physician
President of the American Medical Association
Freemans grandfather
4 daughters
Corinne Keen Freeman
Freeman was the first and favorite grandchild

3. 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

4. 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

5. Corinne Keen Freeman
Walter Freemans mother
Long after her death he confessed he had never loved his mother

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Work Neurologist Psychiatrist NOT a surgeon
Aside from a Nazi doctor, freeman ranks as one of the most scorned physicians of the twentieth century

11. Family Had 4 children Defended their fathers legacy
Walter, Frank, Paul, and Lorne
Defended their fathers legacy

12. 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

13. James Watts
Jan 19, Nov 15, 1994
Virginia Military Institute and University of Virginia School of Medicine
Psychosurgery
2 books
Rose Marie Kennedy
Left Freeman

14. Discussion
First thing you think of when you hear the word lobotomy?

15. First to preform one in the US
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

16. Lobotomy
Electric shock
Ice picks
Frontal lobe

17. 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

18. 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

19. Howard Dully interview

20. Howard Dully 12 years old Didn’t know what had happened
Because his mother wanted to control him
In some ways lucky

21. Discussion
Do you think we will ever be at the point of altering the brain again?

22. Transcranial magnetic stimulation
Stimulation delivered through electrodes

23. Death
Walter Freeman passed away
May 31, 1972
Theory was discredited

24. Discussion
Would you get a lobotomy if it were he last option knowing the side effects?