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Ugo Cerletti

1877 - 1963

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Ugo Cerletti (26 September 1877 – 25 July 1963) was an Italian neurologist who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) used in psychiatry. Electroconvulsive therapy is a therapy in which electric current is used to provoke a seizure for a short duration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ugo Cerletti has received more than 88,725 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ugo Cerletti is the 506th most popular physician, the 3,245th most popular biography from Italy and the 33rd most popular Italian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ugo Cerletti ranks 506 out of 726. Before him are Adolf Meyer, Benjamin Rush, Rebecca Guarna, Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Léon Jean Marie Dufour, and Frank H. Netter. After him are Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, Vivien Thomas, Kurt Blome, Eugene Lazowski, Oskar Minkowski, and Robert Knox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Ugo Cerletti ranks 115. Before him are Josephine Hull, Maurice Farman, Vladimir Gardin, Buddy Bolden, Giuseppe Pizzardo, and Aleksandr Khanzhonkov. After him are Alphonse de Châteaubriant, Noël Bas, Miltiadis Gouskos, Shefqet Vërlaci, Georgy Sedov, and Sidney Johnson. Among people deceased in 1963, Ugo Cerletti ranks 128. Before him are Aleksandr Gauk, Louis Bastien, Henry Daniell, Aleksandr Gerasimov, Ulises Saucedo, and Otto Wahle. After him are Lisa Tetzner, Edwin Linkomies, Erich Ollenhauer, Wladimir Aïtoff, Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, and J. D. Tippit.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ugo Cerletti ranks 3,245 out of 5,161. Before him are Piero Tosi (1927), Cecco Angiolieri (1260), Lucius Marcius Philippus (-141), Dino Bruni (1932), Nora Gregor (1901), and Mario Zenari (1946). After him are Giovanni Brunero (1895), Frederick, Margrave of Tuscany (1040), Giorgio Abetti (1882), Marco Foscarini (1696), Austromoine (300), and Giovanni Coppa (1925).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Ugo Cerletti ranks 33. Before him are Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (1883), Dorotea Bucca (1360), Giovanni Maria Lancisi (1654), Antonio Bertoloni (1775), Antonio Scarpa (1752), and Abella (1400). After him are Giulio Bizzozero (1846), Giuseppe Pitrè (1841), Carlo Urbani (1956), Giovanni Saldarini (1924), Sergio Canavero (1964), and Mathilde Krim (1926).

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