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Egas Moniz, a Portuguese neurologist, won the Nobel Prize in 1949 for developing which controversial medical procedure?
Answer: The prefrontal leucotomy (lobotomy) — António Egas Moniz shared the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing the prefrontal leucotomy (prefrontal lobotomy), a now-discredited surgical treatment for mental illness.
- A Electroconvulsive therapy
- B Deep brain stimulation
- C Insulin shock therapy
- D The prefrontal leucotomy (lobotomy) ✓
António Egas Moniz shared the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing the prefrontal leucotomy (prefrontal lobotomy), a now-discredited surgical treatment for mental illness.