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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Our fascination with the brain has a long and truly storied history.
Chapter 3: Psychiatric asylums were home to experimental therapies, including the lobotomy.
Chapter 4: Lobotomies helped usher in a new grasp of the brain, and Dr. Scoville truly led the way.
Chapter 5: As our knowledge of the brain expanded, lobotomies seemed more justifiable.
Chapter 6: In the course of treating epilepsy, progress was made in locating the brain’s memory center.
Chapter 7: For Henry Molaison, Dr. Scoville’s lobotomy was truly a last resort.
Chapter 8: Henry’s profound amnesia gave doctors a new understanding of the brain.
Chapter 9: Henry’s condition also provided insight into different varieties of memory.
Chapter 10: Even after Patient H.M. died, fascination with his brain still persisted.
Description
Patient H. M. (2016) chronicles the history of the lobotomy procedure, focusing particularly on a famous figure in this story – an amnesic named Henry Molaison, or, as he is also known, Patient H.M. Journey back to when the lobotomy first became a popular treatment for mental illness and learn how it helped us better understand the brain.
Who Should Listen
- Science geeks interested in neuroscience
- Readers who want to better understand themselves
- Anyone interested in the history of medicine