<P> António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz ( 29 November 1874 -- 13 December 1955 ) , known as Egas Moniz ( Portuguese : ( ˈɛɣɐʒ muˈniʃ ) ) , was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography . He is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery , having developed the surgical procedure leucotomy -- ​ known better today as lobotomy -- ​ for which he became the first Portuguese national to receive a Nobel Prize in 1949 ( shared with Walter Rudolf Hess ) . </P>
<P> António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz ( 29 November 1874 -- 13 December 1955 ) , known as Egas Moniz ( Portuguese : ( ˈɛɣɐʒ muˈniʃ ) ) , was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography . He is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery , having developed the surgical procedure leucotomy -- ​ known better today as lobotomy -- ​ for which he became the first Portuguese national to receive a Nobel Prize in 1949 ( shared with Walter Rudolf Hess ) . </P>
who developed the surgical procedure known as the lobotomy
who developed the surgical procedure known as the lobotomy
António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz ( 29 November 1874 -- 13 December 1955 ) , known as Egas Moniz
António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz ( 29 November 1874 -- 13 December 1955 ) , known as Egas Moniz