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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”. Prize share: 1/1.
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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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Jun 13, 2013 · In 1927, Wagner-Jauregg was the first psychiatrist awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his malarial treatment of neurosyphilis. Wagner’s Nobel Lecture remains one of a handful of his works that have been translated into English from German, reflecting his relative anonymity in English-speaking countries.
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1927 was awarded to Julius Wagner-Jauregg "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in the treatment of dementia paralytica".
Jun 13, 2013 · Abstract. 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.
