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António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz, known as simply 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.
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science · Portuguese neurologist (1874–1955) · politician · neuroscientist · physician · neurosurgeon · university teacher · psychiatrist · neurologist · diplomat · writer · author · also António Egas Moniz, Antonio C.de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz, Antonio Egas Moniz, Egas Moniz, Moniz
Born 29 November 1874 · Died 13 December 1955 · Q273219
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A biographical made-for-television film was produced by RTP2 titled O Ego de Egas ("The Ego of Egas"), which explores Moniz's work and motives
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Published “Photoelectrochemical devices for solar water splitting – materials and challenges” in Chemical Society Reviews — cited 1,605 times.
Published “Visible-light driven heterojunction photocatalysts for water splitting – a critical review” in Energy & Environmental Science — cited 2,305 times.
Died 1955-12-13.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1949).
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Received the Nobel Prize "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (1945).
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Moniz was shot multiple times by a patient with schizophrenia
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On a 63-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, paranoia, hallucinations, and insomnia
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Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon (1929).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux (1928).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Portugal (1928).
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At age 51, Moniz returned to medicine full-time
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Following a duel resulting from a political quarrel
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And in 1918 led the Portuguese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference
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Became professor of neurology in Lisbon until his retirement in 1944
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Became a neurology professor at the University of Lisbon, where he worked until his retirement in 1944
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Moniz's formal political career began when he was elected to parliament in 1900.
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Born 1874-11-29.
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