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 cérébrales et épreuve de l'encéphalographie artérielle. by Moniz, Egas, 1874-1955

    Paris : Masson et cie, 1931
    Format: Book


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    Die cerebrale Arteriographie und Phlebographie. by Moniz, Egas, 1874-1955

    Berlin : Springer, 1940
    Format: Book


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    Conferências médicas. by Moniz, Egas, 1874-1955

    [Lisboa] : Portugália Editora, 1945
    Format: Book


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    A leucotomia está em causa. by Moniz, Egas, 1874-1955

    Lisboa, 1954
    Format: Book


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