home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ The Epic Interactive Encyclopedia 1998 / Epic Interactive Encyclopedia, The - 1998 Edition (1998)(Epic Marketing).iso / M / Moniz,_Antonio_Egas / INFOTEXT < prev   
Text File  |  1992-09-01  |  271b  |  8 lines
  1. 1874-1955. Portuguese neurologist, pioneer of
  2. prefrontal leucotomy (surgical separation of
  3. white fibres in the prefrontal lobe of the
  4. brain) to treat schizophrenia and paranoia;
  5. the treatment is today considered
  6. questionable. He shared the 1949 Nobel Prize
  7. for Medicine.
  8.