Manuel S. Guerrero (8 January 1877 – 4 January 1919) was a Filipino medical doctor who studied

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in infants in the Philippines. Guerrero was born in

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then became part of the

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on 8 January 1877. He achieved a Bachelor of Arts degree at the Ateneo Municipal in the year 1894 and a Doctorate on Medicine at the

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in 1902. He was also a writer for the publications "''La Republica Filipina'', ''La Independencia'', and ''La Patria"''. in addition he was a staff member of the ''Revista Filipina de Medicina y Farmacia''. Guerrero was also a member of the Colegio Medico-Farmaceutico, Asamblea de Medicos y Farmaceuticos de Filipinas, and the Sanggunian ng Kalusagan. He was also one of the founders of t La Infancia and Gota de Leche. Guerrero was also conferred with a silver medal at the

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and the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guerrero, Manuel S. Filipino pediatricians Filipino writers People from Ermita 1877 births 1919 deaths Manuel Ateneo de Manila University alumni University of Santo Tomas alumni 20th-century Filipino medical doctors