Did You Know? - Did You Know? In 1949, a Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Antonio Egas Moniz for developing a surgical procedure that was used to treat mental illnesses.
![Antonio Egaz Moniz the inventor of the lobotomy for wich he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949, unboubtetly the worst Nobel Prize ever awarded - 9GAG Antonio Egaz Moniz the inventor of the lobotomy for wich he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949, unboubtetly the worst Nobel Prize ever awarded - 9GAG](https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aXrr22g_460s.jpg)
Antonio Egaz Moniz the inventor of the lobotomy for wich he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949, unboubtetly the worst Nobel Prize ever awarded - 9GAG
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![Oren Gottfried, MD on Twitter: "SHOCKING: The originator of the frontal lobotomy, received the Nobel Prize in 1949 for the "discovery of therapeutic value of leucotomy for psychoses.” https://t.co/RiU7RegzKq" / Twitter Oren Gottfried, MD on Twitter: "SHOCKING: The originator of the frontal lobotomy, received the Nobel Prize in 1949 for the "discovery of therapeutic value of leucotomy for psychoses.” https://t.co/RiU7RegzKq" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZfkBGaWQAErtps.jpg:large)
Oren Gottfried, MD on Twitter: "SHOCKING: The originator of the frontal lobotomy, received the Nobel Prize in 1949 for the "discovery of therapeutic value of leucotomy for psychoses.” https://t.co/RiU7RegzKq" / Twitter
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![Dr. Eli David on Twitter: "In 1949 Dr. Antonio Moniz received the Nobel Prize for medicine, for invention of lobotomy. “The science was settled.” Hundreds of thousands of lives were destroyed with Dr. Eli David on Twitter: "In 1949 Dr. Antonio Moniz received the Nobel Prize for medicine, for invention of lobotomy. “The science was settled.” Hundreds of thousands of lives were destroyed with](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FS_f5dPWQAEc4UR.jpg)
Dr. Eli David on Twitter: "In 1949 Dr. Antonio Moniz received the Nobel Prize for medicine, for invention of lobotomy. “The science was settled.” Hundreds of thousands of lives were destroyed with
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