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RAMI History of Medicine Section Meeting

  • Start Date - 28/10/2015
  • End Date - 28/10/2015
  • Start Time - 18:15
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  • Location - Setanta House, (1st Floor)
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“Michael O’ Gorman – Physician in the Service of Spain, Founder of Modern Medicine in Argentina”

By Susan Wilkinson

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Inauguration of the Tribunal of the Protomedicato in Buenes Aires, 1780, Michael O’ Gorman in the centre

This lecture will trace the career of Michael O’ Gorman, who, although born in Ireland, was a physician in the service of Spain, and was appointed Protomédico (Royal Physician) in the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata. He established the first medical school there, and is regarded as the founder modern medicine in Argentina.
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