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.
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![Dr. Eli David on Twitter: "“The science was settled”, and the inventor of lobotomy received the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1949. The science is never settled. Never blindly trust the experts, Dr. Eli David on Twitter: "“The science was settled”, and the inventor of lobotomy received the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1949. The science is never settled. Never blindly trust the experts,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FoybhDWWAAEjMed.jpg)
Dr. Eli David on Twitter: "“The science was settled”, and the inventor of lobotomy received the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1949. The science is never settled. Never blindly trust the experts,
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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
![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)