Ramón Allende Padín (19 March 1845 – 14 October 1884), nicknamed ''El Rojo'' ("The Red"), was a

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and

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. The author of several important scientific publications, he also headed the Chilean Army's medical services during the

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. Allende was of

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descent.

Biography

The son of José Gregorio Allende Garcés and Salomé Padín Ruiz, Allende was born in

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. He studied at the Liceo de Valparaíso and the Instituto Nacional before graduating, on 20 June 1865, from the

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as a physician specializing in obstetrics and surgery. He was an assistant professor of the School of Medicine, becoming a full professor in November 1865. In 1870 he became the Chief Doctor of Valparaíso's emergency public hospital, the Hospital de Sanidad. He also worked with Professor

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and at the San Borja and San Vicente de Paul hospitals. In 1875 President

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appointed him to the Public Welfare Committee, charged with a reforming brief. Allende joined the Radical Party and was in 1876 elected as deputy for Santiago. He was reelected in 1879, this time for Copiapó and Caldera. He also served from 8 December 1879 to 1 November 1880 as chairman of the Council on Public Hygiene. On 28 September 1880, during the

(1879–1884), Dr Allende was appointed Superintendent of the Army Medical Services. During this time he attended the troops as chief medical officer in charge of the Ambulance Service (an "ambulance" at the time was a mobile hospital of about 20 beds, equipped for the performance of emergency field surgery). As such he is considered to be the founder of the Chilean Army Medical Corps. Allende headed the "Justice and Liberty"

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and was a notorious enemy of the

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, which

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him. He was also editor of the newspapers ''Guía para el Pueblo'' ("The People's guide") and ''El Deber'' ('"Duty'"). He was nominated as a member of the Public Instruction Committee and in this role he founded several schools, among them the Blas Cuevas School in Valparaíso, the first masonically controlled school. He was also a director of the Corps of Firemen. Allende was elected to the

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in 1882, and in 1884 he became Masonic Grand Master, but died a few months later, aged 39, from complications of

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. Allende's funeral – at which the public eulogy was delivered by the radical leader Enrique Mac-Iver and two future presidents of Chile,

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and

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, carried the coffin – turned into a gigantic political meeting.

Personal life

On 24 April 1869 Allende married Eugenia Castro del Fierro, with whom he had three sons: Ramón, Tomás and Salvador. From his third and youngest son he was the grandfather of

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Salvador Allende Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 1970 until Death of Salvador Allende, his death in 1973 Chilean coup d'état, 1973. As a ...

References

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Chilean Library of Congress biography

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