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José María Vargas (1786–1854): Reformer of anatomical studies in Venezuela
Author(s) -
Reverón Rafael Romero
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.22246
Subject(s) - medicine , geologist , human anatomy , dissection (medical) , medical school , anatomy , art history , classics , humanities , art , medical education , archaeology , history
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. Clin. Anat. 27:150–153, 2014. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.