Walter Rudolf Hess was awarded Nobel Prize 1949 in Physiology/Medicine “for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses”.
Nationality Switzerland
Institution University of Zurich
Award 1949
Discipline Physiology/Medicine
MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 1949 in Physiology/Medicine “for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses”.
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