Ángel Canaveris

Ángel Canaveris Gutiérrez
Psychiatrist in the Hospital Vilardebó
In office
1878–1888
Personal details
Born 1847
Genova, Kingdom of Italy
Died 1897
Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation Doctor
Profession Medicine
Religion Catholicism
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Ángel Canaveris (1847-1897) was an Argentine Doctor of psychiatry.[1] He served in the Hospital Vilardebó, located in Montevideo (Uruguay).[2]

Biography

Ángel Canaveris was born in Italy, probably in the city of Genova, on one of the trips made in Europe, by his parents Juan Manuel Canaveris and Carmen Gutiérrez, daughter of Doctor Juan Gutiérrez Moreno.[3] In 1875 Canaveris received his Doctorate in psychiatry at University of Buenos Aires.[4]

In 1873, Canaveris settled in Montevideo where his mother was a native.[5] He was one of the first psychiatrists who had in Mental Hospital of Uruguay.[6] In 1879 the Dr. Canaveris, had promoted a resolution where the foreman should monitor that nurses do not give mistreatment of psychiatric patients. Canaveris reported that for an efficient mental treatment the patients should be contained with good treatment by their caregivers.[7]

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