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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.
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".
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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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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.
Dec 10, 2019 · Dr Julius Wagner-Jauregg. In December 1927, Viennese psychiatrist Dr Julius Wagner-Jauregg received a Nobel Prize for his work on induced febrile illness to treat the psychosis and neurological consequences of syphilis (dementia paralytica).