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Julius Wagner-Jauregg (German: [ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈvaːɡnɐ ˈjaʊʁɛk]; 7 March 1857 – 27 September 1940) was an Austrian physician, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1927, and is the first psychiatrist to have done so.
Apr 15, 2024 · Julius Wagner-Jauregg was an Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist whose treatment of syphilitic meningoencephalitis, or general paresis, by the artificial induction of malaria brought a previously incurable fatal disease under partial medical control. His discovery earned him the Nobel Prize for.
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Julius Wagner-Jauregg. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1927. Born: 7 March 1857, Wels, Austria. Died: 27 September 1940, Vienna, Austria. Affiliation at the time of the award: Vienna University, Vienna, Austria. Prize motivation: “for his discovery of the therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in the treatment of dementia paralytica”
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Jun 13, 2013 · Julius Wagner-Jauregg, a preeminent Austrian psychiatrist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1927 for the development of malaria therapy for the treatment of neurosyphilis, or general paresis of the insane.
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May 23, 2018 · Julius Wagner Ritter von Jauregg, an Austrian professor of psychiatry, was born on March 7, 1857, in the city of Wels, in Upper Austria, and died in Vienna on September 27, 1940. He was the son of a high ranking civil servant. While still a student and like Freud, he published the results of his original research in the laboratory of Salomon ...
Apr 1, 2009 · Julius Wagner-Jauregg, the father of fever therapy, retired as director of the Vienna Psychiatric and Neurological Clinic 80 years ago. He was the first psychiatrist to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine and has remained the only psychiatrist to receive the prize for research on mental illness.
