Antonio Egas Moniz won the nobel prize in 1949 for his surgical procedure - known as prefontal leukotomy- in which the nerve tract between the thalamus and the frontal lobes is severed.
Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz won The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949.
Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz won The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949 was divided equally between Walter Rudolf Hess for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs and Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses.
Dr. Egas Moniz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for his development of the prefrontal leucotomy, a form of lobotomy. His work ultimately led to the controversial procedure becoming more widely practiced before falling out of favor in the mid-20th century due to ethical concerns and the development of safer alternatives.
William Faulkner won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.
Hideki Yukawa won The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1949.
William Francis Giauque won The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1949.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949 was divided equally between Walter Rudolf Hess for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs and Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses.
The Lord Boyd-Orr (United kingdom) won the Nobel peace prize in 1949.
William Francis Giauque won The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1949.
William Lawrence Bragg won The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1916.
Walter Rudolf Hess won The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949.