Blood, Brains & Lobotomies @ Lima Public Library

Name: Blood, Brains & Lobotomies @ Lima Public Library — Mindy McGinnis
Start: 2021-10-30T14:00:00-0400
End: 2021-10-30T15:00:00-0400
Location: Lima Public Library

Saturday, October 30, 2021
2:00 PM 3:00 PM 14:00 15:00

Lima Public Library 650 West Market Street Lima, OH, 45801 United States (map)

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Join us as Mindy McGinnis shares the research behind her Edgar Award-winning Gothic historical thriller, A Madness So Discreet. Learn about how doctors treated brain injuries in the 1890s and the different aspects of care for the mentally ill—for better or for worse. Also included is a brief history of the Athens Lunatic Asylum, the setting for the novel. This program is geared toward a teen and adult audience.