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. 1993 Jul;20(4):157-9.

[Wagner von Jauregg and development of malaria therapy]

[Article in German]
  • PMID: 8362029

[Wagner von Jauregg and development of malaria therapy]

[Article in German]
F Kohl. Psychiatr Prax. 1993 Jul.

Abstract

In this history of psychiatric therapy the progressive paralysis deserves special interest: for the first time an organic psychosis was treatable successfully by a procedure found by scientific methods. This article describes life and work of Julius Wagner, Ritter von Jauregg (1857-1940) and remembers the introduction of the malaria-therapy, which was developed by Wagner 75 years ago.

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