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Ugo Cerletti

1877 - 1963

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Ugo Cerletti (26 September 1877 – 25 July 1963) was an Italian neurologist who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) used in psychiatry. Electroconvulsive therapy is a therapy in which electric current is used to provoke a seizure for a short duration. This therapy is used in an attempt to treat certain mental disorders, and may be useful when other possible treatments have not, or cannot, cure the person of their mental disorder. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ugo Cerletti is the 551st most popular physician (down from 506th in 2019), the 3,360th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,245th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Italian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ugo Cerletti ranks 551 out of 726. Before him are Willem Piso, Paolo Macchiarini, John Ostrom, Max Gerson, Vivien Thomas, and Pierre Marie. After him are Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Antonius Musa, Arkady Vorobyov, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, Sergey Botkin, and Willem Johan Kolff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Ugo Cerletti ranks 128. Before him are Lewis Terman, Mohammad Ali Foroughi, Maurice Farman, Frederick Twort, Maurice Costello, and Ioannis Persakis. After him are Vladimir Gardin, Aleksey Remizov, Fritz Graebner, Ervin Mészáros, Georgy Sedov, and Bolesław Leśmian. Among people deceased in 1963, Ugo Cerletti ranks 143. Before him are Carl Skottsberg, Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, István Somodi, Amelita Galli-Curci, Augusts Kirhenšteins, and Julius Edgar Lilienfeld. After him are Ulises Saucedo, Josef Gauchel, Arthur Jonath, Donald Piper, Ivan Brown, and Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ugo Cerletti ranks 3,361 out of 5,161. Before him are Daniele Gatti (1961), Pier Luigi Bersani (1951), Bertuccio Valier (1596), Aldo Donati (1910), Renato Olmi (1914), and Oreste Puliti (1891). After him are Erika Blanc (1942), Franco Faccio (1840), Leandro Remondini (1917), Dorian Gray (1931), Mario Perniola (1941), and Raoul Bova (1971).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Ugo Cerletti ranks 35. Before him are Antonio Bertoloni (1775), Dorotea Bucca (1360), Giovanni Maria Lancisi (1654), Antonio Scarpa (1752), Carlo Urbani (1956), and Giulio Bizzozero (1846). After him are Giuseppe Pitrè (1841), Giovanni Saldarini (1924), Sergio Canavero (1964), and Mathilde Krim (1926).

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