Egas Moniz
Britishnoun
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At some point, he opened a book by Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz and got religion.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2021
It was against this background that Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz developed the lobotomy - or leucotomy as he called it - in 1935.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2021
The inventor of frontal lobotomy, Egas Moniz, was awarded a Nobel Prize for inventing that surgery, which today we understand as a mutilation.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 17, 2020
In 1949, Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for "one of the most important discoveries ever made in psychiatric therapy."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2016
Egas Moniz died in 1144, and at least the eastern part of the church may have existed before then.
From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum
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