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José María Vargas (1786-1854): Reformer of anatomical studies in Venezuela
1Department of Human Anatomy, José María Vargas Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela; Venezuelan Society of History of Medicine, Medical Learning Center La Trinidad, Caracas, Venezuela.
Abstract:
José María Vargas (1786-1854): Venezuelan medical doctor, surgeon, optician, anatomist, chemist, botanist, professor, geologist, mineralogist, and mathematician. Second President of Venezuela (1835-1836), First republican dean, he reformed medicine studies in 1827 establishing human anatomical dissection in the Universidad Central de Venezuela where he taught human anatomy between 1827 and 1853 along with surgery and chemistry. In 1838, he wrote Curso de Lecciones y demostraciones Anatómicas, the first book on the subject printed in Venezuela for the teaching of human anatomy.
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