The Lobotomist

The Lobotomist was about the history of lobotomy and Walter J Freeman.  It went over how Walter started with the topic of lobotomy and how he felt that it was a last resort, and in the end how his procedure of lobotomy changed and that he would use it often for any mental illness.

Is Walter J Freeman a good doctor or a mad man?  I think Walter is a mad man.  He is doing procedures that are unethical.  Whether or not the patient benefits from the procedure, it is never a good idea to jumble some one's brain so forcefully.  The physical approach should be taken very cautiously, with small incisions and accurate calculations, not with a ice pick and mixing up the front of the brain.  Walter is also a mad man because he knew that lobotomy had very serious risks and many negative effects but he ignored them with the drive that lobotomy was a good thing, and continued with his work.