Word: freemans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...time he finished his experiments with patients in West Virginia mental hospitals last month, Washington Neurologist Walter Freeman had supervised or performed more than 200 of these transor-bital lobotomies (TIME, May 28, 1951) in two weeks. He already had more than 1 ,000 other lobotomies to his credit. Many doctors still doubt the wisdom of Dr. Freeman's surgery. "Lobotomy,"explained one psychiatrist last week, "is an operation of deduction rather than addition." It does irreparable damage to that part of the brain which is believed to control reason and judgment. It should only be used...
Many psychiatrists also hesitate before the uncertain results of lobotomy. Completely successful, the operation may relieve a patient's tensions. It can also eliminate fear of pain. Dr. Freeman estimates that within six months, 100 of his West Virginia patients will have improved enough to leave the hospital. And getting people out of mental hospitals is his main objective...
...last week Dr. Freeman had these statistics from his West Virginia experiment: of 228 patients, 86 have been discharged from the hospital; five have already returned. There are 36 more ready to go home as soon as their families can take them. Another 29 have shown some improvement but still need hospital care. Of the 77 remaining, 73 have shown no improvement; four have died...
...Wiley Sings Irving Berlin and Vincent Youmans (with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, duo-pianists; 2 Columbia LPs). Another longtimer, Songstress Wiley has a husky voice that breathes wistfully of the '20s. Her style is confidential; she picks the songs, both gay (Rise 'n Shine, Some Sunny Day) and melancholy (Suppertime, Time on My Hands), that are best suited to her voice...
...shaped swimming pool, Lucite-legged chairs, hand-painted draperies, and a radio-controlled main gate;* and Movie Producer William Perlberg's cozier ($250,000) rambler, with swimming pool, projection room, Lucite wastebaskets and hip-high combination shelf and hearthstone. Other László clients: Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski, Freeman (Amos 'n' Andy) Gosden, Barbara Hutton, Sonja Henie, Hollywood Director William Wyler...