[Julius von Wagner-Jauregg, biographical materials] 1933-
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Wagner-Jauregg, Julius, 1857-1940
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Julius von Wagner-Jauregg, 1857-1940, was an Austrian psychiatrist who spent the bulk of his career as director of Vienna's Psychiatric and Neurological Clinic. One of his basic areas of research was the treatment of general paresis. After noting that psychiatric patients often experienced partial or full recovery after contracting a febrile disease, Wagner-Jauregg concentrated on finding a fever-based treatment that would be effective against syphilis-induced general paresis. Experimentation in...
