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PBS to air documentary on Mason lobotomist.

LAKIN- Dr. Walter Freeman pioneered a type of brain surgery called the "ice pick lobotomy" in a West Virginia state hospital - and it's exactly what it sounds like.

A new PBS documentary will focus on Freeman's procedure, and the countless mental patients it was performed on at Lakin State Hospital in the 1940's and 1950's.

A decade later, Freeman was deeply criticized for the method, and lobotomies came to be considered a mistake of modern medicine.

"The Lobotomist" will air as part of PBS "American Experience" on Jan. 21st at 9:00PM.