Basic introduction Chinese name: Antonio Egas moniz Birthplace: Portugal Date of birth: 1874 Date of death: 1955 Graduate school: University of Coimbra, Portugal Major achievements: Resumes of Nobel Prize winners in Physiology and Medicine, medical career, and resumes were born in Portugal. Graduated from the University of Coimbra in Portugal, 1902 became a professor. Later, he became a professor at the Medical College of Lisbon University. Based on the hypothesis that frontal lobe resection is effective for some mental patients, the white matter resection method was realized and won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. 1955 is dead. Medical Career moniz studied medicine at the University of Coimbra, where he was a professor from 65438 to 0902. 19 1 1 became the first professor of neurology in Lisbon university. In recent years, I have mainly studied angiography, especially cerebral angiography. He injected an X-ray-opaque substance into his blood for X-ray examination. Moniz took an active part in social activities and served as a member of the Portuguese legislature for many years before the First World War. 19 17 as foreign minister, led the Portuguese delegation to attend the Paris Peace Conference. Twenty years later, he gained the greatest reputation. Like many other neuroscientists, he likes to study the prefrontal lobe. This area has no definite function, and it is a so-called "quiet area", which can be regarded as a coordination center in the brain, where connections are made, "lines" between nerve cells are established, and life experiences and thoughts are stored. In moniz's view, there is no hope for this part of mental patients. The usual psychotherapy and physical therapy will not work, but as long as the frontal lobe is cut off and some neural patterns that the patient has established are cut off, it may work. These neural patterns are simply unnecessary and pathological, and losing them will bring benefits. This operation was first applied to 1935, and some cases seem to be effective. In this way, moniz opened up a new branch of medicine-psychiatry, and was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology. However, this operation is rarely used, only as a last resort.