Heinz Edgar Lehmann was a German-born Canadian psychiatrist best known for his use of chlorpromazine for the treatment of schizophrenia in 1950s and "truly the father of modern psychopharmacology."
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Michael PosnerAlso won Thomas William Salmon Medal
Charles SawyersAlso won Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research AwardJacques GenestAlso won Canadian Medical Hall of FameRobert Edward GrossAlso won Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Thomas R. InselAlso won Thomas William Salmon Medal
Nadine CaronAlso won Canadian Medical Hall of FameAbout this person
Country
CanadaCategory
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1999 · aged 87
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