Watts-Freeman Precision Leucotome
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1950
label: date(s) of previous ownership
content: 1986 03 04
name: label: maker
content: Ator, Henry A.
notes: label: Description
content: Henry A. Ator (1906-1995), the donor of this leucotome, was a machinist who manufactured Watts-Freeman lobotomy instruments.
label: Description
content: Ref: Walter Freeman and James Winston Watts, Psychosurgery (Springfield, Ill., 1950).
label: Description
content: “HENRY AVON ATOR,” Washington Post (April 2, 1995), p. B5.
label: Description
content: “Dr. Walter Freeman Dies; Introduced Lobotomy Here,” Washington Post (June 1, 1972), p. C5.
label: Description
content: “Neurosurgeon James Winston Watts Dies; Helped to Pioneer the Lobotomy,” Washington Post (Nov. 9, 1994), p. C4.
label: Description
content: Jack El-Hai, The Lobotomist (Hoboken, 2005).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Henry A. Ator
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0376.03
label: accession number
content: 1986.0376
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0376.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Leucotome
label: Object Name
content: leucotome
label: Other Terms
content: Leucotome; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel, stainless (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 cm; x 7 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 9 3/8 in x 4 in; 5.715 cm x 23.8125 cm x 10.16 cm