What is António Egas Moniz?
{{Infobox scientist |name=António Egas Moniz |image= Moniz.jpg |imagesize=180px |birth_name= |birth_date={{birth date|1874|11|29|df=yes}} |birth_place=Avanca, [[Estarreja]], [[Kingdom of Portugal]] |death_date={{death date and age|1955|12|13|1874|11|29|df=yes}} |death_place=[[Lisbon]] |nationality=Portugal |field=[[Neurologist]] |work_institutions=[[University of Coimbra]] (1902); [[University of Lisbon]] (1921–1944) <!-- text says he was at Lisbon on 1911 --> |alma_mater=University of Coimbra |doctoral_advisor= |doctoral_students= |known_for=[[Prefrontal leucotomy]]; [[Cerebral angiography]] |prizes = [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] 1949 }} {{Portuguese name|Egas|Moniz}} '''António Egas Moniz''' (António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz, 29 November 1874 – 13 December 1955), known as '''Egas Moniz''', was a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Neurology|neurologist]]. He developed [[cerebral angiography]], a technique to visualise the blood vessels in and around the brain. This technique is widely used today. He also developed the surgical procedure [[leucotomy]], also known as ''lobotomy''. This technique is now rarely used. Antonio Egas is highly regarded.<ref>{{cite web|title=neurosurgery|url=http://www.jrank.org/health/pages/33338/neurosurgery.html}}</ref> More commonly, Gottlieb Burckhardt is regarded as the founder of modern psychosurgery. <ref>See for instance: {{cite journal|last=Berrios|first=German E.|year=1997|title=The origins of psychosurgery: Shaw, Burckhardt and Moniz|journal=History of Psychiatry|volume=8|issue=1|pages=61–81|doi=10.1177/0957154X9700802905|issn=0957-154X|pmid=11619209|s2cid=22225524}} {{cite journal|last=Stone|first=James L.|year=2001|title=Gottlieb Burckhardt: the pioneer of psychosurgery|journal=Journal of the History of the Neurosciences|volume=10|issue=1|pages=79–92|doi=10.1076/jhin.10.1.79.5634|issn=0964-704X|pmid=11446267|s2cid=29727830}} {{cite book|title=Classic Cases in Neuropsychology|last=Whitaker|first=H.A.|author2=Stemmer B.|last3=Joanette Y.|publisher