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Historical vignette
Author(s) -
Javier Arias
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb01193.x
Subject(s) - vignette , medicine , dermatology , psychology , social psychology
Among pathologists of the Twentieth Century, few have had as remarkable career as Javier Arias Stella. After describing the now famous Arias-Stella reaction during his Fellowship training at Memorial Hospital in 1954, he went on to make many other contributions to pathology and to the economic and political life of his homeland, Peru. In its wide variety of accomplishments, Arias Stella’s life bears a striking resemblance to that of the great Nineteenth Century pathologist, Rudolf Virchow. Besides defining many of the fundamentals of modern pathology, Virchow also strived to promote the welfare of his fellow citizens through active involvement in the politics of his day.