Julius Wagner-Jauregg

Julius Wagner-Jauregg
Julius Wagner-Jauregg with his signature
Born
Julius Wagner

(1857-03-07)7 March 1857
Died27 September 1940(1940-09-27) (aged 83)
NationalityAustrian
Other namesJulius Wagner
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Known forMalariotherapy
Spouse(s)Balbine Frumkin (divorced 1903)
Anna Koch (married 1899)
ChildrenJulia and Theodor
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1927)
Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1935)
Scientific career
FieldsPathology
Psychiatry
InstitutionsUniversity 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 advisorSalomon 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]

  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1927". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB. Retrieved 20 March 2014.