Daniel Alcides Carrión
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Daniel Alcides Carrión García (August 12, 1857 – October 5, 1885) was a Peru
vian medical student after whom Carrion's disease
is named. He described the disease in the course of what proved to be a fatal experiment upon himself in 1885, in order to demonstrate definitively the cause of the illness. He was inoculated by close friends with blood from a wart between the eyes of a 14-year-old patient. His aim was to prove a link between the acute blood stage of Oroya fever with that of the later chronic form of the disease Verruga Peruana typified by numerous red wart-like dermal nodules. Neither the cause nor mode of transmission of Oroya fever was then known and, furthermore, the relationship between the acute and chronic forms of the disease was not proven.
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vian medical student after whom Carrion's disease
Carrion's disease
Oroya fever or Carrion's Disease is an infectious disease produced by Bartonella bacilliformis infection.It is named for Daniel Alcides Carrión.-History:...
is named. He described the disease in the course of what proved to be a fatal experiment upon himself in 1885, in order to demonstrate definitively the cause of the illness. He was inoculated by close friends with blood from a wart between the eyes of a 14-year-old patient. His aim was to prove a link between the acute blood stage of Oroya fever with that of the later chronic form of the disease Verruga Peruana typified by numerous red wart-like dermal nodules. Neither the cause nor mode of transmission of Oroya fever was then known and, furthermore, the relationship between the acute and chronic forms of the disease was not proven.
Burial site
Daniel Alcides Carrión is buried in a mausoleum on the premises of the National Hospital Dos de mayo in Lima.National Hero
On October 7, 1991, the Peruvian government announced a law (LeyNº 25342), declaring Daniel Alcides Carrión Garcia to be a "National Hero" .Named in his honour
- Carrion's Disease as an alternative name for Oroya fever.
- The Daniel Alcides Carrión ProvinceDaniel Alcides Carrión ProvinceThe Daniel Alcides Carrión Province is the smallest of three provinces that make up the Pasco Region in Peru. It is named in honor of Peru's national hero Daniel Alcides Carrion, martyr of Peruvian medicine...
in the Pasco RegionPasco RegionPasco is a region in central Peru. Its capital is Cerro de Pasco.-Political division:The region is divided into 3 provinces , which are composed of 28 districts .-Provinces:...
. - October 5 Day of Peruvian Medicine .
- The Daniel Alcides Carrión National UniversityDaniel Alcides Carrión National UniversityThe Daniel Alcides Carrión National University , or UNDAC for short, is the public university of Cerro de Pasco, Peru. It was founded by decree law no. 15527 on April 12, 1965. The university runs establishments in Oxapampa, Yanahuanca, Paucartambo, Tarma and La Merced...
(Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrion) in Cerro de PascoCerro de PascoCerro de Pasco is a city in central Peru. It is the capital of the Pasco region, and an important mining center. It is connected by road and by rail to the city of Lima.- Overview :...
. - Tha National Hospital Hospital Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión in El Callao.
- The Estadio Daniel Alcides CarriónEstadio Daniel Alcides CarriónEstadio Daniel Alcides Carrión is a multi-use stadium located in Cerro de Pasco, Peru. It is used by football team Unión Minas. The stadium holds 8,000 people and is the highest stadium in the world, with an altitude of 4,380 meters above sea level. This makes it very difficult for players who...
Stadium in the city of Cerro de PascoCerro de PascoCerro de Pasco is a city in central Peru. It is the capital of the Pasco region, and an important mining center. It is connected by road and by rail to the city of Lima.- Overview :...
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