Walter Freeman's Handiwork

Though I never dreamed it possible, Walter Freeman actually has apologists. It's pretty stunning. This is something they should see. It is a photograph of our friend Howard Dully being lobotomized. He is 12-years-old in this image taken in 1961. The hand belongs to Walter Freeman's assistant. Freeman took the photograph. In fact, though there was no medical reason to do so, Freeman took photos of every single person he ever lobotomized with the icepick in their eye socket. I believe the reason he did it was because, like a serial killer, he wanted to keep a momento of his conquest. I suspect that Freeman looked at them with great satisfaction, enjoyment, and pleasure. Why else would he have kept taking them for so many years?

This photograph is the property of Howard Dully, rendered here with permission. It is NOT to be reproduced elsewhere without written permission from Howard Dully who can be contacted via christine@psychosurgery.org.