1. Madeline Muchenberger
Walter Freeman II
Madeline Muchenberger

2. Family History and Childhood
Born November 14th, 1895
Father was Walter Jackson Freeman I
Mother was Corinne Keen
Grandfather was William Williams Keen
No information on his childhood
His wife Marjorie
5 children

3. Education Yale: 1912-1916 University of Pennsylvania: 1916-1920
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Europe: 1923
Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital in DC: 1924

4. Washington DC Practicing neurologist at Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital
Head of the neurology department
Oxygen Therapy and Chemical Treatments

5. Where did he get that idea?
Gottlieb Burckhardt
Egas Moniz
“Leucotomy”

6. History of Lobotomy The first 10 years Amarro Fiamberti James Watts
“Lobotomobile”

7. Howard Dully Youngest patient Why him? Him today

8. Freeman Later in Life More than 2900 patients
Abandoned his practice in 1967
Died 1972

9. Discussion Questions
Do you think Walter Freeman II meant to truly to harm or do you believe he had a good heart behind what he was doing?
What effects do you think his home life had on his practice?
Do you think Freeman would be satisfied with how we treat the mentally ill currently?
With how unsuccessful the practice was, why do you think he continued to perform lobotomies? Even when people were dying on the table.