Kill or cure, produced by Natural History NZ Ltd. for Discovery Health Channel
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Kill or cure, produced by Natural History NZ Ltd. for Discovery Health Channel
Language
eng
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videorecording
Main title
Kill or cure
Oclc number
56773667
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produced by Natural History NZ Ltd. for Discovery Health Channel
Runtime
51
Summary
"This program follows the long, often grim road towards understanding and treating mental illness. Through testimonials, original manuscripts, photos, and extensive footage from medical archives, leading doctors and medical historians trace the history of asylums, the development of psychoanalysis, electroconvulsive therapy, and the rise of psychopharmacology. The program also details the once widespread use of phrenology, lobotomy, and lobotomy's ancient precursor, trepanning"--Container
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Madness, a history
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