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The story of a miracle of medicine and of two men--a patient who severely injured his face in a suicide attempt and a doctor with a passion for helping those with facial differences--and how they formed an inextricable bond.

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Jack El-Hai is a Minneapolis author whose writing has been published in The Atlantic, Wired, GQ, Discover, Scientific American Mind, and Minnesota Monthly. His previous books include the acclaimed The Nazi and the Psychiatrist and The Lobotomist as well as two books from the University of Minnesota Press, Lost Minnesota and Non-Stop: A Turbulent History of Northwest Airlines. He has received two Minnesota Book Awards, the June Roth Memorial Aw...

Auf der Grundlage bisher nie veröffentlichter Dokumente erzählt der amerikanische Wissenschaftsjournalist Jack El-Hai von der Begegnung des amerikanischen Militärpsychiaters Douglas M.Kelley mit der Elite des Naziregimes - unter ihnen »Reichsmarschall« Hermann Göring.In Vorbereitung auf den am 20. November 1945 eröffneten »Nürnberger Prozess« vor dem Internationalen Militärgerichtshof untersuchten amerikanische Ärzte die inhaftierten 52 Nazigr...

Explores the improbable relationship between fallen Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering and an ambitious US Army physician in the aftermath of WW2.

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Praise for The Lobotomist "Written with such clarity and engaging detail that a reader has difficulty in putting it down." --The New York Review of Books "One of the many virtues of El-Hai's text is the rich detail he provides about Freeman's life and ideas." --Los Angeles Times "Fascinating . . . an important and disturbing contribution to the history of psychiatry." --New Statesman "Captivating. . . . No history of modern psychiatry is ...

This captivating book chronicles the life of a man who brought showmanship to science, and touched the grey matter of a generation of mentally ill patients. . . . . No history of modern psychiatry is complete without his story.' -Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon Dr. Walter J. Freeman ranks as one of the most scorned physicians of the twentieth century. Many people still believe a number of myths about his lobotomies: that they turne...

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In 1945 meldde Hermann Göring, Hitlers rechterhand en een van de grootste oorlogsmisdadigers, zich als gevangene bij de Amerikanen, vergezeld door zestien koffers vol medailles, juwelen, zijden ondergoed, een miljoen dollar in cash en een koffieblik vol cyanidecapsules. Tijdens de processen van Neurenberg wordt hij onder toezicht gesteld van de ambitieuze Amerikaanse legerpsychiater Douglas Kelley. Via rorschachs en andere tests hoopt Kelley e...

Jack El-Hai’s books include Lost Minnesota: Stories of Vanished Places (Minnesota, 2000) and The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness. He has written about business and history for the Atlantic, Scientific American Mind, History Channel Magazine, American Heritage, and Utne Reader.

A colorful glimpse into the Minnesota Historical Society's vast collections -- some 500, 000 books, 37, 000 maps, 250, 000 photographs, 5, 500 artworks, 1, 650 oral history interviews, 4.5 million newspaper issues, 38, 000 cubic feet of manuscripts, 45, 000 cubic feet of government records, 165, 000 museum objects, and nearly 800, 000 archaeological artifacts -- the "stuff" of history! Experience Minnesota's heritage through hundreds of vignet...

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