António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949

Universidade de Lisboa

“for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses”

António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz was a Portuguese neurologist. He was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses. He was affiliated with the University of Lisbon.

Field

Medicine · Psychiatry & Psychology

Lifespan

1874–1955