Last resort : psychosurgery and the limits of medicine /
During the 1940s and 1950s, tens of thousands of Americans underwent some form of psychosurgery; that is, their brains were operated upon for the putative purpose of treating mental illness. From today's perspective, such medical practices appear foolhardy at best, perhaps even barbaric; most c...
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY :
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1998.
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| Series: | Cambridge history of medicine
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Hennepin County Library
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RD594 .P655 1998 |
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Minnesota State University Moorhead
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RD594 .P655 1998 |
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University of Minnesota
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WL11 AA1 P9s 1998 |
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