ANTONIO CAETANO DE ABREU FREIRE EGAS MONIZ

1949 Nobel Laureate in Medicine

for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses.

1874-1955
Residence: Portugal
Affiliation: University of Lisbon, Neurological Institute, Lisbon

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