Juan Gutiérrez Moreno (physician)

Juan Gutiérrez Moreno
surgeon in the Hospital Militar de San Carlos
In office
1809–1809
Personal details
Born 1780
Málaga, Spain
Died 1850
Montevideo, Uruguay
Nationality Spanish
Occupation Doctor
Profession Medicine
Religion Catholicism

Juan Gutiérrez Moreno (c. 1780 – 1850) was a Spanish Doctor of Surgery. He served in the Hospital de la Caridad of Buenos Aires and Montevideo.[1]

Biography

Juan Gutiérrez Moreno was born in Ronda (Spain) son of Juan Gutiérrez and Juana Moreno. He was married to Lorenza Moxica López de Castilla.[2] In 1808 Gutiérrez was graduated with a Master's degree from the Royal College of Surgery of Cádiz. He arrived at the port of Montevideo on June 29, 1809.[3]

Gutiérrez Moreno was the first Doctor of the Montevideo police.[4] In 1843, he participated in the defense of the city during the Great Siege of Montevideo.[5]

In 1830s, Juan Gutierrez Moreno performs several written works about rabies,[6] and smallpox, two epidemics that had a catastrophic effect in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Revista de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Volume 44. Universidad de Buenos Aires.
  2. ↑ Revista del Instituto de Estudios Genealógicos del Uruguay, Volumes 16-18. El Instituto.
  3. ↑ El egresado del Colegio de Medicina de Cádiz (PDF). Dr. Augusto Soiza Larrosa.
  4. ↑ Revista de derecho penal, Issue 13. F.C.U., 2002.
  5. ↑ Anales de la defensa de Montevideo: 1842-1851. Impr. á vapor de el Ferrocarril.
  6. ↑ Revista, Volume 44. Universidad de Buenos Aires.
  7. ↑ La Gaceta mercantil de Buenos Aires 1823-1852:. Antonio Zinny, Arturo Reynal O'Connor.


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