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Julius Wagner-Jauregg

1857 - 1940

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Julius Wagner-Jauregg (German: [ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈvaːɡnɐ ˈjaʊʁɛk]; 7 March 1857 – 27 September 1940) was an Austrian physician, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1927, and is the first psychiatrist to have done so. His Nobel award was "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in the treatment of dementia paralytica". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Wagner-Jauregg is the 82nd most popular physician (up from 104th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Austria (up from 174th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Physician.

In 1927, Wagner-Jauregg won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work in treating syphilis. He found that injecting the patient with malaria parasites could kill the syphilis bacteria, and this was a major breakthrough in the treatment of syphilis.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Julius Wagner-Jauregg ranks 82 out of 726. Before him are Selman Waksman, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Jens Christian Skou, August Krogh, Eugen Bleuler, and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. After him are Cyril of Jerusalem, Walter Rudolf Hess, Hua Tuo, Karl Brandt, Ragnar Granit, and Herophilos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Julius Wagner-Jauregg ranks 20. Before him are Ronald Ross, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Alfred Binet, Theo van Gogh, Eugen Bleuler, and Alexander of Battenberg. After him are Paul Doumer, Antoni Grabowski, Andrija Mohorovičić, Edward Emerson Barnard, Axel Munthe, and Lucien Lévy-Bruhl. Among people deceased in 1940, Julius Wagner-Jauregg ranks 20. Before him are Verner von Heidenstam, Emma Goldman, Manuel Azaña, John Buchan, Peter Behrens, and Isaac Babel. After him are Wladimir Köppen, Spyridon Louis, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Gerda Wegener, Jesse Livermore, and Kyösti Kallio.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Julius Wagner-Jauregg ranks 129 out of 1,424. Before him are Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (1633), Józef Poniatowski (1763), Alois Brunner (1912), Geli Raubal (1908), Milutin Milanković (1879), and Richard Kuhn (1900). After him are Josef Breuer (1842), Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742), Georg Trakl (1887), Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein (1760), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), and Heinrich Harrer (1912).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Austria

Among physicians born in Austria, Julius Wagner-Jauregg ranks 2. Before him are Róbert Bárány (1876). After him are Eric Kandel (1929), Aribert Heim (1914), Hans Selye (1907), Hans Asperger (1906), Irmfried Eberl (1910), Leopold Auenbrugger (1722), Victor Babeș (1854), Paul Neumann (1875), Bénédict Morel (1809), and Fritz Klein (1932).

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