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Julius Wagner Jauregg (Wels, 7 de marzo de 1857 - Viena, 27 de septiembre de 1940) fue un médico austríaco. Biografía. Estudió en la Universidad de Viena entre 1874 y 1880 y, tras obtener la licenciatura, fue ayudante de la cátedra de Patología entre 1881 y 1882, y de clínica psiquiátrica (1883-1889).
Julius Wagner-Jauregg (German: [ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈvaːɡnɐ ˈjaʊʁɛk]; 7 March 1857 – 27 September 1940) was an Austrian physician, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1927, and is the first psychiatrist to have done so.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1927 was awarded to Julius Wagner-Jauregg "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in the treatment of dementia paralytica"
Julius Wagner-Jauregg. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1927. Born: 7 March 1857, Wels, Austria. Died: 27 September 1940, Vienna, Austria. Affiliation at the time of the award: Vienna University, Vienna, Austria. Prize motivation: “for his discovery of the therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in the treatment of dementia paralytica”
However, in 1917, the Austrian neuro-psychiatrist Julius Wagner Jauregg pointed out the therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in the treatment of dementia paralytica. In 1927, Wagner Jauregg received for this work the Nobel Prize in Medicine, being actually the first psychiatrist to win the Nobel Prize.
Julius Wagner-Jauregg was an Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist whose treatment of syphilitic meningoencephalitis, or general paresis, by the artificial induction of malaria brought a previously incurable fatal disease under partial medical control. His discovery earned him the Nobel Prize for.
Building on this theory, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, an Austrian neuropsychiatrist, showed that the inoculation of blood infected with “Plasmodium” –the parasite responsible for malaria disease– was effective in many cases of GPI. His work was rewarded by the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1927.
