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Walter Jackson Freeman II

1895 - 1972

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Walter Jackson Freeman II (November 14, 1895 – May 31, 1972) was an American physician who specialized in lobotomy. Wanting to simplify lobotomies so that it could be carried out by psychiatrists in psychiatric hospitals, where there were often no operating rooms, surgeons, or anesthesia and limited budgets, Freeman invented a transorbital lobotomy procedure. The transorbital approach involved placing an orbitoclast (an instrument resembling an ice pick) under the eyelid and against the top of the eye socket; a mallet was then used to drive the orbitoclast through the thin layer of bone and into the brain. Freeman's transorbital lobotomy method did not require a neurosurgeon and could be performed outside of an operating room, often by untrained psychiatrists without the use of anesthesia by using electroconvulsive therapy to induce seizure and unconsciousness. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Jackson Freeman II is the 411th most popular physician (down from 374th in 2019), the 4,125th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,466th in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Walter Jackson Freeman II ranks 411 out of 726. Before him are José Gregorio Hernández, Jim Yong Kim, Adrien Proust, Garcia de Orta, Olof Rudbeck the Younger, and Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol. After him are Aemilia Hilaria, Justinus Kerner, Kiyoshi Shiga, Lorna Wing, Ewald Hering, and Wilhelm Griesinger.

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Among people born in 1895, Walter Jackson Freeman II ranks 137. Before him are Xu Beihong, William Petersson, Walter Gieseking, Fulton J. Sheen, Gustav Klutsis, and Laurens Hammond. After him are Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Susanne Langer, Feng Youlan, László Almásy, Nahum Goldmann, and Gustav Lombard. Among people deceased in 1972, Walter Jackson Freeman II ranks 109. Before him are Edward Calvin Kendall, Ángel Romano, Jessie Royce Landis, Nikolay Krylov, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and Prince William of Gloucester. After him are Erik Eriksen, Dan Blocker, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Günter Eich, Robert Casadesus, and Lee Beom-seok.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Jackson Freeman II ranks 4,125 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Roth (1945), Sewall Wright (1889), Patrick Wayne (1939), Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850), Chrissie Hynde (1951), and John Ashbery (1927). After him are Jedediah Smith (1799), Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977), Julie Newmar (1933), Grace Coolidge (1879), Jack Sherman (1956), and Howie Dorough (1973).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Walter Jackson Freeman II ranks 48. Before him are Horace Wells (1815), James Curtis Hepburn (1815), Thomas Horsfield (1773), Priscilla Chan (1985), Philip Showalter Hench (1896), and Jack Kevorkian (1928). After him are William Bates (1860), Andrew Taylor Still (1828), Crawford Long (1815), Deborah Birx (1956), Benjamin Rush (1745), and Helen B. Taussig (1898).

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