This storyline is based on the work of Walter Freeman II, the proselytizing physician who popularized lobotomy in the U.S., traveling in his so-called lobotomobile and performing 3000 lobotomies in the 1940s and ‘50s. Tension builds as Margaret comes closer and closer to making the decision to undergo the procedure. The Lobotomist’s Wife follows Ruth as she learns of the devastating long-term effects following lobotomy, the steps she takes to confront the issue, and the resistance she encounters not only from her husband but from those she approaches to take action. She longs for relief and believes lobotomy may be her best hope. Margaret Baxter in 1952 is deeply depressed after the birth of her third child. He passionately adopts, promotes, and performs what he considers to be an instant cure for anxiety and psychosis-surgical separation of connections within the prefrontal area of the brain or lobotomy. She meets, falls in love, and marries Robert Apter, a handsome, charismatic neurologist. Ruth Emeraldine runs the New York City public hospital for the insane founded by her father and carrying the family name in the 1930s.
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