Telémaco Susini (January 27, 1856 – June 1, 1936) was an

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physician.

Educational training

He studied medicine at the

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. Deeply anticlerical, as a university student he led the fire at the Colegio del Salvador in 1875. During the course of his studies he felt a permanent inclination towards all knowledge of human anatomy, more precisely the structures of organs and their diseases, that is to say , pathology. Thus, his doctoral thesis ''De él Contribución al estudio del empacho'' was the beginning of a recognized and fruitful academic and teaching career. He then traveled to

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to perfect his knowledge. There, he was a disciple of Luis Pasteur and

Robert Koch Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( ; ; 11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist. As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax, he i ...

(founder of medical bacteriology and discoverer of the bacillus that causes tuberculosis ). These teachers were, at that time, in close competition for the achievement of a vaccine against malignant anthrax and prompted Susini to investigate cattle anthrax, the virulent and contagious disease of sheep, cattle and goats that can be transmitted to the species. human, a disease that turned out to be caused by the same pathogenic agent. In

, in addition, he specialized in otorhinolaryngology, and was, once back in

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, the first specialist in the country. He would later become a trainer of new specialists.

Return to his country

In 1886, already back in

, he was appointed director of Public Assistance. In this position, he not only improved and expanded hospital services, but also poured all his knowledge into comprehensive work on hygiene, health, and quality of life for the population, directing and supporting the expansion and creation of new hospital services, bringing him closer to people not only better medical care but also knowledge about the importance of hygiene and disease prevention. In the academic field, in 1887 Susini was appointed full professor of the Chair of Pathological Studies, a task in which he would perform for thirty years. This chair eventually became the Institute of Pathological Anatomy, which is now called the Susini Institute. In addition, he created the Museum of Pathological Anatomy. In 1918, he was one of the protagonists of the University Reform. President

Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union who served as President of Argentina from 1916 to 1922 and again from 1928 until his overthrow in ...

named him Comptroller of the University of Córdoba, with the support of the reformist students. However, strong opposition from conservative sectors forced him to resign almost immediately. His book "Social problems and the Catholic Church" was published in

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by the Agencia Sud-Americana de Libros (

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Family

His son,

Enrique Telémaco Susini Enrique Telémaco Susini (January 31, 1891 – July 4, 1972) was an Argentine entrepreneur and media pioneer. In 1920, Susini led the effort for the first radio broadcast in Argentina, and subsequently established one of the earliest regular radi ...

(1891-1972), was a noted pioneer in radio and film in

References

Physicians from Buenos Aires Argentine physicians 1856 births 1935 deaths Argentine people of Italian descent University of Buenos Aires alumni {{Argentina-med-bio-stub