Martín Corchado

Martín Corchado
Born ca. 1850
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died ca. 1940
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality Puerto Rican
Occupation Physician, politician, medical researcher

Martín Corchado (b. ca.1850 – d. ca.1940) was a nineteenth century Puerto Rican physician who excelled in charitable medical services as well as in the field of medical research.

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Early life

Dr. Martín R. Corchado y Juarbe[note 1][1] was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, circa 1850. He studied medicine in Europe and returned to Puerto Rico to practice it, settling in Ponce.[2] Corchado was one of the first Puerto Ricans to work under Louis Pasteur in his institute in Paris.[3]

Career

Covering the years 1885-1889, Corchado was the second medical director (after Rafael Pujals) of Hospital Tricoche.[4] He stood out for providing free medical services to the residents of Ponce and nearby towns.[5] Corchado also researched and studied tuberculosis and wrote about it in the publications of the time,[6] including "El Vapor".[7] Corchado has been registered as being one of the most "eminent Puerto Rican medical researchers of the nineteenth century."[8] A believer in the political autonomy for Puerto Rico from Spain, Corchado was also president of the Puerto Rico Autonomist Party[9]

Honors and recognitions

In Ponce, there is a street in the Ponce Historic Zone area named after him. He is also recognized at Ponce's Park of Illustrious Ponce Citizens.

References

  1. ^ COLECCIÓN JAIME BAGUÉ RAMÍREZ.Page 130. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  2. ^ Mensaje del Presidente y Portada: Dr. Ramon Emeterio Betances.In, "Boletin." Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Vol. 100, No. 1. Jan-Mar 2008. Page 5. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  3. ^ Dr. Rafael del Valle y Rodríguez (1847-1917).Eduardo Rodríguez Vázquez, MD. "Boletin Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico". Vol 100. No. 3. Jul-Sept 2008. Page 64.
  4. ^ "Hospital Tricoche, 1878." Museo de la Historia de Ponce. March 2011.
  5. ^ Las fiestas populares de Ponce.Ramón Marín. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  6. ^ Ponce: A Historical Sketch Juan Braschi. In, "The Book of Porto Rico. XIX: Principal Cities." Page 1067. Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  7. ^ El microbio de la tisis, su valor diagnóstico, investigación y fotografía.In, "Cabinet of Art and Medicine Journal, 2009." Ponce, Puerto Rico: "El Vapor", August, 1885. University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras. (Index Medicus: 21807091070.) Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  8. ^ Bailey K. Ashford, Mas Alia de Sus Memorias.Jose G. Rigau Perez, MD, MPH.. PRHSJ (Puerto Rico Health Science Journal) Vol. 19, No. 1. March 2000. Page 52. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  9. ^ Luis Munoz Rivera: Los Vaivenes de un politico.Jaime Oliver Marqués. FOCUS. Volume III, No. 2, (2004) pp. 31-48) Retrieved 2 December 2011.

Notes

  1. ^
    This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Corchado and the second or maternal family name is Juarbe.

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