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Wagner-Jauregg

American  
[vahg-nuhr-you-rek] / ˈvɑg nərˈyaʊ rɛk /

noun

  1. Julius 1857–1940, Austrian psychiatrist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1927.

Wagner-Jauregg British  
/ ˈvɑɡnərˈjaʊrɛk /

noun

  1. Julius. 1857–1940, Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist; a pioneer of the use of fever therapy in the treatment of mental disorders. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1927

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In 1927, the prize was given to Johannes Fibiger for discovering a worm that caused cancer and to Julius Wagner-Jauregg for malariatherapy.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2017

An Austrian psychiatrist, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, won a Nobel Prize in 1927 for malariotherapy of neurosyphilis.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2016

One of the first people to win a Nobel Prize for neurotechnology was this guy named Julius Wagner-Jauregg.

From Forbes • Aug. 29, 2014

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