The lobotomist : a maverick medical genius and his tragic quest to rid the world of mental illness - El-Hai, Jack, 1958- (Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2005)
Prologue -- September 1936 -- Rittenhouse Square -- The education of a lobotomist -- In the hospital wards -- A perfect partner -- Refining lobotomy -- Lines of battle -- Life and death -- Waterfall -- Fame -- Road warrior -- Leaving home -- Decline -- Ghost -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Bibliography.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-354) and index.
Keywords: Freeman, Walter, -- 1895-1972.; Depression, Mental -- Surgery -- History; Frontal lobotomy -- History; Neurosurgeons -- United States -- Biography