<P> The originator of the procedure , Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz , shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine of 1949 for the `` discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses '' , although the awarding of the prize has been subject to controversy . </P>
<P> The originator of the procedure , Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz , shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine of 1949 for the `` discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses '' , although the awarding of the prize has been subject to controversy . </P>
who developed the surgical procedure known as a lobotomy
who developed the surgical procedure known as a lobotomy
António Egas Moniz
António Egas Moniz