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What are your thoughts about Walter Freeman and lobotomy? Read the views of others -- and share your views.

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I felt like he had given me a tremendous gift to give my mother back to me. He gave you hope -- "everything will be better" -- and it was.

Angelene Forester, daughter of a former patient
Fairfax, Virginia

I began by thinking that he must have been a monster, or a criminal, because, after all, look what he did. But I've come to think of Walter Freeman as more of a tragic figure, blind, not so much to the consequences of lobotomy, but to the consequences of his own faults and failings.

Jack El-Hai, biographer
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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