Sinforoso Amoedo
Sinforoso Amoedo Canaveri | |
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 Bust of Dr. S. Amoedo in La Recoleta Cemetery | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sinforoso del Carmen Amoedo y Canaveri 1823 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 1871 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Resting place | La Recoleta Cemetery |
| Political party | National Autonomist Party |
| Occupation | Doctor |
| Profession | medicine |
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Sinforoso Amoedo (July 18, 1823 – April 23, 1871) was an Argentine medical doctor.[1] He served during the yellow fever epidemic of 1871.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Sinforoso del Carmen Amoedo Canaveri was born July 18, 1823, in Buenos Aires, the son of Hilario Amoedo Garazatúa and Juana Josefa Canaveris Esparza, belonging to a Patrician family of Buenos Aires. His high school studies were at the Colegio Republicano. He studied medicine at the University of Buenos Aires where he received his M.D.[3]
Career[edit]
In addition to practicing as a doctor, he exercised some minor political positions, included municipal elector of the Concepción in 1865 by decree issued by the interim president Marcos Paz.[4] Since the beginning of his career he had practiced medicine in the area of Concepción, current neighborhood of Constitución.[5] He had an active participation during the cholera epidemic that hit Argentina in 1867, also taking part in the fight against the yellow fever epidemic of 1871.[6]
Sinforoso Amoedo had a natural son named Joaquín Ramón Amoedo, who served for several periods as Intendente municipal of Quilmes.[7] He died of yellow fever on April 23, 1871, being buried in the Cementerio de la Recoleta. His family received a posthumous award for his heroic work in the fight against the epidemic.[8]
Sinforoso Amoedo was a contemporary of distinguished medical professionals, including Carlos Furst, Guillermo Rawson and Juan Antonio Argerich.[9] His comrades Aurelio French, Ventura Bosch, Adolfo Argerich and other distinguished professionals also died during the yellow fever epidemic.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ La Epidemia de Fiebre Amarilla de 1871 (PDF), Rafael Berruti
- ^ Fiebre amarilla en Buenos Aires, El Intransigente - Noticias de Argentina
- ^ Historia de la universidad de Buenos Aires y de su influencia en la cultura Argentina dirifida, Volúmenes 5-6, Imprenta y casa editora "coni", 1921, 1921
- ^ Registro Nacional, República Argentina, 1865
- ^ Memoria de la Municipalidad, Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1858
- ^ La peste histórica de 1871: fiebre amarilla en Corrientes y en Buenos Aires, 1870-1871, Leandro Ruíz Moreno, 1949
- ^ Remembranzas quilmeñas, Número 4, Manuel Ales, 1970
- ^ Dario De Sesiones De La Camara De Senadores, Buenos Aires (Argentina : Province) 1871., 1871
- ^ Memoria, By Buenos Aires (Argentina : Province). Ministerio de Gobierno, 1871
- ^ Historia de la medicina en el Río de la Plata desde su descubrimiento hasta nuestros días, 1512 à 1925, Volumen 3, Eliseo Cantón, 1928