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Michael M. Phillips

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The Lobotomy Files

On the lobotomizing of 2,000 U.S. veterans after World War II.

  1. Part 1: Forgotten Soldiers

  2. Part 2: One Doctor's Legacy

  3. Part 3: Family Scars

Michael M. Phillips Wall Street Journal Dec 2013 Permalink