Wagner-Jauregg
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Julius Wagner-Jauregg was a professor of neuropathology and psychiatry at the University of Vienna who developed the malarial fever treatment for general paresis of the insane, a significant advancement in psychiatric therapy.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
Wagner-Jauregg, Julius (Julius Wagner von Jauregg, born 1857), professor of neuropathology and psychiatry, director of the clinic for nervous and mental diseases at the University of Vienna (from 1893); successor to Krafft-Ebing on the chair. W.-J. is known for his work on myxedema, for which he proposed treatment with oral administration of thyroid gland, and especially became famous for his biological method of treating progressive paralysis by inoculation with malaria. As early as 1887, W.-J. first presented a work on the influence of febrile conditions on the course of psychoses. Subsequently, he proposed a method of treating progressive paralysis by injecting tuberculin. As a result of many years of research, W.-J. developed his 'malaria' method, which leads to prolonged remissions in approximately 33-35% of cases of progressive paralysis (see).
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“Wagner-Jauregg.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/wagner-jauregg/