ABSTRACT
The frequency and severity of dysentery and hepatic abscess during the colonial and republican era in Chile are reviewed. The amebian etiology was confirmed in both clinical entities. Also, Miguel Claro Vásquez, physician and later priest and bishop of the Catholic Church, was distinguished for his contribution to hepatic abscess surgery.
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Disease Outbreaks/history , Dysentery, Amebic/history , Liver Abscess, Amebic/history , Chile/epidemiology , Dysentery, Amebic/epidemiology , History, 17th Century , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , Humans , Liver Abscess, Amebic/epidemiologyABSTRACT
The frequency and severity of dy sentery and hepatic abscess during the colonial and republican era in Chile are reviewed. The amebian etiology was confirmed in both clinical entities. Also, Miguel Claro Vásquez, physician and later priest and bishop of the Catholic Church, was distinguished for his contribution to hepatic abscess surgery.
En esta comunicación se destaca la frecuencia y gravedad en Chile, durante la época colonial y republicana, de dos entidades clínicas: disentería y absceso hepático, comprobándose finalmente la etiología amebiana en ambos procesos. Además se distingue al doctor Miguel Claro Vásquez, médico, después sacerdote y obispo de la Iglesia Católica, por su aporte a la cirugía del absceso del hígado.
Subject(s)
History, 17th Century , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , Humans , Disease Outbreaks/history , Dysentery, Amebic/history , Liver Abscess, Amebic/history , Chile/epidemiology , Dysentery, Amebic/epidemiology , Liver Abscess, Amebic/epidemiologyABSTRACT
En esta comunicación se destaca la frecuencia y gravedad en Chile, durante la época colonial y republicana, de dos entidades clínicas: disentería y absceso hepático, comprobándose finalmente la etiología amebiana en ambos procesos. Además se distingue al doctor Miguel Claro Vásquez, médico, después sacerdote y obispo de la Iglesia Católica, por su aporte a la cirugía del absceso del hígado.(AU)