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Messing with My Head

The Shocking True Story of My Lobotomy

Messing with My Head( )
Author: Fleming, Charles
Dully, Howard
ISBN:978-0-09-192213-9
Publication Date:Aug 2009
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Imprint:Vermilion
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $32.99
Book Description:

Howard Dully was 12 years old when he was given a lobotomy. He was 56 years old when he found out why. The four decades in between tell a story of profound love and compassion. In 1960 Howard's father and stepmother delivered him into the hands of the man who had invented the 'ice pick' lobotomy. Expelled from the mainstream medical community, his once-popular procedure now a grisly medical relic, Dr Walter Freeman was eager to turn this temperamental 12-year-old into a...
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Book Details
Pages:288
Detailed Subjects: Medical / Surgery / Neurosurgery
Biography & Autobiography / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.6 x 21 x 1.9 cm
Book Weight:0.228 Kilograms
Author Biography
Fleming, Charles (Author)
Charles Fleming is a former Newsweek writer living in Los Angeles.




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