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The Resume

    (November 29, 1874-December 13, 1955)
    Born in Avanca, Portugal
    Birth name was Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz
    Co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for developing the pre-frontal lobotomy (1949)
    Member of the Portuguese Parliament (1903-17)
    Minister of Foreign Affairs (1917-18)

Why he might be annoying:

    His report on the positive effects of lobotomy was based entirely on his subjective impressions of whether the patients had improved.
    In some countries, particularly the US, pre-frontal lobotomies were performed rather indiscriminately.
    Many patients were reduced to a near-vegetative state.
    For other patients, the operation resulted in little or no improvement.
    A campaign was launched to strip him of his Nobel Prize.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He developed cerebral angiography, a technique for mapping the blood vessels of the brain which is widely used for the detection of brain tumors and vascular diseases.
    One could argue he earned the Nobel Prize, but was just given it for the wrong discovery.
    He recommended lobotomy only for the most intractable cases.
    He was shot by a psychopathic patient (1939).
    Opponents of lobotomy and fans of ironic deaths sometimes erroneously report that he was killed by this patient.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 24 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 67 Votes: 73.13% Annoying