Eduardo Estrella Aguirre (1941 in
Tabacundo
Tabacundo is the seat of Pedro Moncayo Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally transl ...
,
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
– 1996 in
Quito
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) was an Ecuadorian doctor and researcher who published ''
Flora Huayaquilensis: The Botanical Expedition of Juan Tafalla 1799-1808''.
Dr. Eduardo Estrella studied medicine at the
Central University of Ecuador
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. After graduation, Dr Estrella did his
Postgraduate education
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on
Radiotherapy
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at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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,
United States
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from 1968 to 1970. He did his specialized studies in psychiatry at the
University of Navarra
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,
Pamplona
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Lying at near above ...
from 1970 to 1973,
Spain
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. Estrella later chaired the medical faculty at the Central University of Ecuador. Dr Estrella got his doctoral degree from the
Catholic University of Quito in the 1980s. This was after he had published extensively on
Andean
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medicine
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and on the history of medicin
Dr. Eduardo Estrella founded the
Ecuador National Museum of Medicine
The Ecuador National Museum of Medicine is located in Quito, Ecuador.
Mission
Dr. Eduardo Estrella founded Ecuador's National Museum of Medicine on 5 March 1982. Estrella's mission was to paint a full picture of the native, natural medicine o ...
, the history of medicine museum in Quito, Ecuador - South America.
Flora Huayaquilensis: The Botanical Expedition of Juan José Tafalla Navascués 1799-1808
One of the first expeditions to South America by a Spaniard to document plants was done by
Juan Tafalla whose works were lost for 200 year
Dr. Estrella was in the Archives of the
Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, Royal Botanic Gardens in Madrid Spain in 1985 where he found the documentary of the "Division IV" corresponding to the expedition of
Ruiz and Pavon in
Peru
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and
Chile
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, Dr. Estrella found a considerable amount of descriptions of plants whose origin corresponded to places belonging to the
Royal Audience of Quito
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.
![Flora_Huayaquilensis](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Flora_Huayaquilensis.jpg)
The work in the Royal Botanic Gardens archive was a daunting task and took almost three years to complete. In
Madrid
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Spain, Dr. Estrella continued his research in the Archive. The evidence mounted and was such that it was impossible to deny that at least for a few years botanist Juan Tafalla and his companions had traveled through Ecuador.
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The folios were numbered and contained the mysterious initials FH and differed from others that did not correspond to the flora of the Royal Court, and had the initials FP. Still nothing was clear, but there was sufficient evidence to consider that was the trail of something important and this led to the publishing of the ''
Flora Huayaquilensis
''Flora Huayaquilensis'' is the popular name for the body of work produced by botanist Juan José Tafalla Navascués while he was in South America.
Navascués made one of the first expeditions to South America with a Spaniard who documented pla ...
'' and after 200 years, finally publishing the hard work and giving the credit to the expedition of Juan Tafalla.
Not all early explorers of Ecuador were so lucky in having there documents survive.
Theodor Wolf
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(February 13, 1841 - June 22, 1924) was a German
naturalist who studied the
Galápagos Islands
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during the late nineteenth century.
Wolf Island
Wolf Island (Spanish: ''Isla Wolf'') or Wenman Island is a small island in the Galápagos Islands and was named after the German geologist Theodor Wolf, who also has the volcano Wolf on Isabela Island named after him. It has an area of and a m ...
(Wenman Island) is named after him. Wolf had performed a geologic survey of mainland
Ecuador
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, but unfortunately his collections were lost in storage.
Bibliography
* Medicina Aborigen. Quito: Ed. Epoca, 1977. 239 p. (Reimpresión 1978) Aboriginal medicine practiced in the Ecuadorian mountains.
* Medicina y Estructura Socio-Económica. Quito: Ed. Belén, 1980. 392 p. (Reimpresión 1981) Medicine and Socio-Economic Structure.
* Estudios de Salud Mental. Quito: Ed. Belén, 1982. 230 p. Mental Health Studies
* El Pan de América. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 1986. 400 p. (II. Edición. Quito: Ed. Abya-Yala, 1988 ; III Edición. Quito: Ed. Abya-Yala, 1990). Bread of America: ethnohistory of the indigenous food in Ecuador.
* José Mejía: Primer Botánico Ecuatoriano. Quito: Ed. Abya-Yala, 1988. 100p. Jose Mejia, the first Ecuadorian botanist.
* Flora Huayaquilensis de Juan Tafalla. (Investigación, Estudio Histórico Anotaciones y Edición). Madrid: Instituto para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (ICONA)-Real Jardín Botánico, 1989. 2 vols. II Edición Guayaquil: Jardín Botánico de Guayaquil-Banco del Progreso, 1995. Material that was lost for 200 years and was found after three years of searching by Dr. Estrella in the Archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Madrid.
* De la Farmacia Galénica a la Moderna Tecnología Farmacéutica. Quito: Artes Gráficas Señal, 1990. 105 p. From Galen to the Modern Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Technology. Quito
* Función Maternal y Sexualidad. Un estudio en mujeres de una población campesina de la Provincia de Pichincha. Quito: Ed. Abya-Yala, 1991. 130 p. Maternal and sexual function. A study of women in a rural population of the province of Pichincha. Quito.
* Malaria y Leishmaniasis Cutánea en el Ecuador. Quito: Ed. Abya-Yala, 1991. 374 p. (Coauthor) Malaria and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ecuador. Quito:
* La Biodiversidad en el Ecuador: Historia y Realidad. Quito: Tulpa Editores, 1993. 103 p. Biodiversity in Ecuador: History and Reality. Quito
* Sin Hadas; Sin Muñecos. Una Synthesis de la Situación de la Niñez en la Amazonia. Bogotá: UNICEF-UNAMAZ, 1993. 229 p.(Coautor). No fairy Without Dolls. A summary of the Situation of Children in the Amazon. Bogota: UNICEF-UNAMAZ, 1993. 229 p. (coauthor).
* Plantas Medicinales Amazónicas. Realidad y Perspectivas. Lima: Tratado de Cooperación Amazónica, 1995. 302 p. Amazonian Medicinal Plants.
* Biodiversidad y Salud en las Poblaciones Indígenas de la Amazonia. Lima: Tratado de Cooperación Amazónica, 1995. 320 p. Biodiversity and Health in Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon. Lima: Amazon Cooperation Treaty
* La Condamine. Viaje por el Río Amazonas y Estudio sobre la Quina. Barcelona (España): (Lafuente, Antonio y Estrella, Eduardo: Presentación y Edición). Ed. Alta-Fulla, 1986. (II Edición. Quito: Editorial Abya-Yala, 1994). Travel the Amazon River and Study on Quina. Barcelona (Spain): (Lafuente, Antonio Estrella, Eduardo: Introduction and Edition). Ed High-Fuller, 1986. (Second Edition. Quito: Editorial Abya-Yala, 1994)
* Guía Nacional de Servicios de Salud en el Ecuador. Quito: Ministerio de Salud-UNICEF, ILDIS, 1990. National Directory of Health Services in Ecuador. Quito: Ministry of Health, UNICEF, ILDIS
* Ruiz, Hipólito. Compendio Histórico-Médico-Comercial de las Quinas (Investigación, Introducción y Notas). Burgos (España): Caja de Ahorros Municipal, 1992. Ruiz, Hipolito. Historical Compendium of Medical Sales Quinas (Research, Introduction and Notes). Burgos (Spain) Caja de Ahorros Municipal.
* Salud y Población Indígena de la Amazonia. (Estrella, E., ed.). Quito: Crearimagen, 1993. 2 vols. Health and Indigenous People of the Amazon.
* Espejo, Eugenio. Reflexiones acerca de un método para preservar a los pueblos de viruelas. (Estudio Crítico y Edición). Quito: Comisión Permanente de Conmemoraciones Cívicas, 1993. Reflections on a method to preserve people from smallpox.
* Espejo, Eugenio. Voto de un Ministro Togado de la Audiencia de Quito. (Estudio Crítico y Edición). Quito: Comisión Permanente de Conmemoraciones Cívicas, 1993. Vote of a robed minister of the Audiencia of Quito. (Critical Study and Edition). Quito: Permanent Commission of Civic Commemorations, 1993.
* Museo Naval y Ministerio de Defensa, La Expedición Malaspina, 1789-1794, Barcelona, Lunwerg, tomos 1-9, 1987-1999. - In the book printed in 1996 Dr. Eduardo Estrella studied the history, took the notes and transcriptions from the original text and assisted in the writing - Estudio Historico, transcripcion y notas de los textos originales -
Malaspina Expedition
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References
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1941 births
1996 deaths
People from Tabacundo
Ecuadorian psychiatrists
Central University of Ecuador alumni
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
University of Navarra alumni
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador alumni
Academic staff of the Central University of Ecuador