Julius Wagner-Jauregg | |
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Born | Julius Wagner 7 March 1857 |
Died | 27 September 1940 | (aged 83)
Nationality | Austrian |
Other names | Julius Wagner |
Alma mater | University of Vienna |
Known for | Malariotherapy |
Spouse(s) | Balbine Frumkin (divorced 1903) Anna Koch (married 1899) |
Children | Julia and Theodor |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1927) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1935) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Pathology Psychiatry |
Institutions | University of Vienna University of Graz State Lunatic Asylum at Steinhof |
Thesis | L'origine et la fonction du coeur accélére (Origin and function of the accelerated heart) (1880) |
Doctoral advisor | Salomon Stricker |
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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. His Nobel award was "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in the treatment of dementia paralytica".[1]