Julius Wagner-Jauregg
Austrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist (1857–1940)
Julius Wagner-Jauregg (7 March 1857 – 27 September 1940) was an Austrian doctor.[1] He won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his discovery that malaria inoculation helps the treatment of paralysis.[2]
Julius Wagner-Jauregg | |
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Born | 7 March 1857 |
Died | 27 September 1940 |
Alma mater | Vienna University Institute of General and Experimental Pathology |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1927) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Medicine, Psychiatry |
Institutions | Vienna University, Vienna, Austria |
References
change- ↑ "Biography of Julius Wagner-Jauregg". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1927". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2007-07-28.