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António Egas Moniz

1874 - 1955

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António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz (29 November 1874 – 13 December 1955), known as Egas Moniz (Portuguese: [ˈɛɣɐʒ muˈniʃ]), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. António Egas Moniz is the 65th most popular physician (down from 30th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Physician.

António Egas Moniz is most famous for inventing the prefrontal lobotomy, a medical procedure that involves cutting the connections between the prefrontal cortex and the rest of the brain.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, António Egas Moniz ranks 65 out of 726. Before him are Thutmose IV, Philippe Pinel, Samuel Hahnemann, Gerhard Domagk, Jean-Martin Charcot, and Francesco Redi. After him are René Laennec, Franz Mesmer, Robert Bellarmine, André Frédéric Cournand, Otto Loewi, and Hilary of Poitiers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, António Egas Moniz ranks 19. Before him are Chaim Weizmann, Edward Thorndike, Carl Bosch, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Lou Henry Hoover, and Lucy Maud Montgomery. After him are Gertrude Stein, Ernest Shackleton, August Krogh, Nikolai Berdyaev, Alexander Kolchak, and Talaat Pasha. Among people deceased in 1955, António Egas Moniz ranks 14. Before him are Sadako Sasaki, James B. Sumner, Alberto Ascari, Fernand Léger, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and Helmuth Weidling. After him are Jim Corbett, Charlie Parker, Paul Claudel, Rodolfo Graziani, Maurice Utrillo, and George Enescu.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, António Egas Moniz ranks 33 out of 633. Before him are Luís Figo (1972), Manuel II of Portugal (1889), John VI of Portugal (1767), John IV of Portugal (1604), Afonso III of Portugal (1210), and Amália Rodrigues (1920). After him are Joseph I of Portugal (1714), Maria I of Portugal (1734), Orosius (375), Fernando Santos (1954), Carlos I of Portugal (1863), and Afonso IV of Portugal (1291).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Portugal

Among physicians born in Portugal, António Egas Moniz ranks 1. After him are Garcia de Orta (1499).

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