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A haunting and true short story of the lobotomist who cut a brutal swathe through the lives of thousands of vulnerable Americans from the author of Miracle at Coney Island.
In July 1952, Dr. Walter Freeman arrived at the gates of a West Virginia asylum. In his medical bag he carried two metal picks and a surgical hammer. He had invented a “cheap, easy” ten-minute lobotomy. The press described it as a miracle cure, a new frontier in psychosurgery.
That summer, in just twelve days, Freeman lobotomized 228 men, women, and children in West Virginia’s public mental hospitals. His blitzkrieg of brain surgery became known as “Operation Ice Pick,” named after the tools he wielded.
To some, the doctor was a hero, solving the crisis facing the nation’s underfunded and overcrowded psychiatric institutions. But many who watched him operate saw a dangerous risk-taker, a showman and a charlatan. This is the true story of a scientific pioneer whose misguided quest created one of the biggest tragedies in American medical history.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAmazon Original Stories
- Publication date31 May 2022
- File size6477 KB
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About the Author
Claire Prentice is an award-winning writer and journalist who has contributed to the BBC, NPR, ABC, the Washington Post, the Times of London, the Sydney Morning Herald, and the Guardian, among others. Her Amazon bestsellers The Lost Tribe of Coney Island and Miracle at Coney Island speak to her fascination with hidden histories and the compelling figures at the center of them.
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- ASIN : B09X6QV51N
- Publisher : Amazon Original Stories (31 May 2022)
- Language : English
- File size : 6477 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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- Best Sellers Rank: 22,442 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author

Claire Prentice is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and journalist who has contributed to the BBC, NPR, ABC, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the Times, HuffPost, and the Sydney Morning Herald, among others. Her Amazon best-sellers The Lost Tribe of Coney Island, and Miracle at Coney Island, speak to her fascination with hidden histories and the compelling figures at the centre of them. She has made critically acclaimed radio documentaries for the BBC including Easier Than Curing a Toothache?, and Life Under Glass. She has a non-fiction Amazon Original Story, Doctor Ice Pick, out on May 31, 2022, and Curse of Riches, coming out in Summer 2022. Instagram: @claireprenticewriter Twitter: @ClairePrent
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