Antonio Caetano De Abreu Freire Egas Moniz
1874-1955
Portuguese physician, neurologist, and politician whose introduction of prefrontal lobotomy as psychosurgery in 1936 won him the Nobel Prize for ph...
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Egas Moniz was born in Avança, Portugal, on November 29, 1874. He received his early education from his uncle, an abbot, and later entered the University of Coimbra in 1891 where he pursued a d...
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Egas Moniz was born in Avança, Portugal, on November 29, 1874. He received his early education from his uncle, an abbot, and later entered the University of Coimbra in 1891 where he pursued a d...
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Egas Moniz was born in Avança, Portugal, on November 29, 1874. He received his early education from his uncle, an abbot, and later entered the University of Coimbra in 1891 where he pursued a d...
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Egas Moniz was the professional name of Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire, a scientist who made extensive contributions to the study of the human brain. A neurologist at the University of Lisbon, during...
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