2016 Montage of images from the exhibition Manhandling the Brain, 2016 Ken Barrett Manhandling the brain - QSA/19470
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Manhandling the brain: Psychiatric neurosurgery in the mid-20th century
2016 marked 75 years since the first UK pre-frontal leucotomy, a procedure introduced in Portugal in 1935. Over the next 30 years 70,000 people with psychiatric problems were operated on. This art/historical project by Ken Barrett explored these events, alongside their healthcare and academic context. The installation was held in Queen Square Library June-September 2016. Please see exhibition handout for further information.
2016 The first man in the UK to receive a pre-frontal leucotomy in 1941. From the exhibition "Manhandling the Brain" Ken Barrett VB - QSA/19473
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2016 Drawings and model based on photographs taken in the state mental hospitals in Philadelphia and Ohio, from the Life article "Bedlam 1946". From the exhibition "Manhandling ...
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2016 Mixed media work based on the number of pre-frontal leuctomies performed in the UK 1948-52: from the exhibition "Manhandling the Brain" Ken Barrett 4468: 2757: 169 - QSA...
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2016 Models of five instruments used to perform pre-frontal leucotomy. From the exhibition Manhandling the Brain Ken Barrett Tools - QSA/19471
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2016 Six illustrations based on extracts from Golla's 1943 monograph. From the exhibition "Manhandling the Brain" Ken Barrett Something more wonderful - QSA/19472
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2016 Mixed media work based on figures and data from Moniz's 1936 monograph. From the exhibition "Manhandling the Brain" Ken Barrett Tentative operatoires - QSA/19474
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