Julius Wagner-Jauregg

Julius Wagner-Jauregg
Julius Wagner-Jauregg with his signature
Born	Julius Wagner (1857-03-07)7 March 1857 Wels, Austrian Empire
Died	27 September 1940(1940-09-27) (aged 83) Vienna, Nazi Germany
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]