António Egas Moniz

António Egas Moniz António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz (29 November 1874 – 13 December 1955), known as Egas Moniz (), was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery, having developed the surgical procedure ''leucotomy''better known today as ''lobotomy''for which he became the first Portuguese national to receive a Nobel Prize in 1949 (shared with Walter Rudolf Hess).

He held academic positions, wrote many medical articles and also served in several legislative and diplomatic posts in the Portuguese government. In 1911, he became professor of neurology in Lisbon until his retirement in 1944. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Diagnostic des tumeurs cerebrales et epreuve de l'encephalographie arterielle / by Moniz, Egas

    Published 1931
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    L'angiographie cerebrale : ses applications et resultats en anatomie, phisiologie et clinique / by Moniz, Egas

    Published 1934
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    El Abate Faria en la historia de la hipnosis / by Moniz, Egas, 1874-1955

    Published 1960
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