António Egas Moniz belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists António Egas Moniz as Portuguese politian and neurosurgeon (1874-1955).
António Egas Moniz was born at Avanca in 1874. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Portugal. He trained at University of Coimbra and University of Lisbon.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
His posts were held at University of Coimbra and University of Lisbon.
The recorded fields of work are neurologist.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
Recognition followed: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Portugal (1928), Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (1945) and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1949).
That the work was done from Kingdom of Portugal matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
António Egas Moniz died in 1955, aged 81. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Portugal — 1928
- Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword — 1945
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 1949
- Held posts at University of Coimbra and University of Lisbon
- Fields: neurologist
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