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António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz GCSE GCIB (29 November 1874 – 13 December 1955), known as Egas Moniz (Portuguese: [ˈɛɣɐʒ muˈniʃ]), was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery,
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See moreMoniz was born in Avanca, Estarreja, Portugal, as António Caetano de Abreu Freire de Resende. He attended Escola do Padre José Ramos and the Jesuit-run College of Saint Fidelis and studied medicine at the
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See morePolitics was an early passion for Moniz. He supported a republican government, diverging from his family's support for the monarchy. As a student activist, he was jailed on two separate
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See moreMoniz was a prolific writer, publishing work in Portuguese literature, sexology, and two autobiographies. Upon graduating from medical school, he
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See moreAfter Moniz's death, antipsychotic medications were developed and put into use, and leucotomies fell out of favour. Moniz's legacy suffered towards the end of the 20th century, as
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See moreCerebral angiography
In 1926, at age 51, Moniz retired from politics and returned to medicine full-time. He hypothesized that visualizing blood vessels in the brain with...
See moreIn 1939, Moniz was shot multiple times by a patient with schizophrenia. Subsequently, Moniz used a wheelchair. He continued in private practice until 1955. Moniz died from an internal haemorrhage on 13 December 1955.
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See moreAccording to the Nobel Prize, his more important publications are:
• Alterações anátomo-patológicas na difteria (Anatomo-pathologic changes in diphtheria), Coimbra, 1900.
• A vida sexual (fisiologia e patologia) (Physiological and pathological aspects of...
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