James W. Watts
Neurosurgery, Physician
1904 – 1994
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Who was James W. Watts?
James Winston Watts was a neurosurgeon, born in Lynchburg, Virginia and a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Watts is noteworthy for his professional partnership with the neurologist and psychiatrist Walter Freeman. The two became advocates and prolific practitioners of psychosurgery, specifically the lobotomy. Watts is known for carrying out the lobotomy of Rose Marie Kennedy under the supervision of Freeman.
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- Born
- Jan 19, 1904
Lynchburg - Also known as
- James Watts
- James Winston Watts
- Profession
- Education
- Virginia Military Institute
- University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Died
- Nov 15, 1994
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on July 23, 2013
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