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Cosme Argerich He was born on September 26, 1758 in Buenos Aires and was the doctor who gave his name to one of the most important hospitals in the city, in addition to standing out for his work during the May Revolution.
Son of a Catalan surgeon settled in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Argerich traveled to Spain where he studied medicine and received his degree. He returned to Buenos Aires in 1794 and was appointed examiner of the Protomedicato del Río de la Plata, an official institution that brought together the city’s doctors.
He Protomedicato, installed by Viceroy Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo in 1780, inaugurated an important stage in the medicine of the Río de la Plata. Miguel O’Gorman was the first protomedic, a position that was later assumed by Argerich, who together with the surgeon Agustin Eusebio Fabre They presented a medical study plan to the Viceroy Gabriel Miguel Avilés y del Fierro. This program was taught in the first medical school in the country, inaugurated in 1801. In addition, he wrote together with Agustín Fabre and Bernardo Nogués the “Ordinances of the Royal College of Medicine and Surgery of Buenos Aires.” In 1801, Argerich received the appointment of professor of the First Course of the Medical School.
Between 1794 and 1796 he participated in the fight once morest smallpox outbreaks and became one of the exponents of vaccination once morest that disease. Thus, he introduced the smallpox vaccine that came from Great Britain to Buenos Aires. In 1805, together with Saturnino Segurola, he began vaccinating free of charge to all who presented themselves to be inoculated.
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In addition, he participated in the English invasions. First as an officer of the second squadron of the Pueyrredón Hussars. But, as soon as the battles began, he dedicated himself to caring for the wounded. He helped both Creoles and British alike, and received the appointment of chief physician of the Charity Hospital.
He was also present at the open town hall on May 22, 1810 and spoke out once morest Viceroy Cisneros.
From 1813 he served as surgeon of the Northern Army, accompanying the general Manuel Belgrano and assisting the wounded from the battles of Tucumán and Salta. He also projected a Regulation of Military Medicine.
In 1816 he returned to Buenos Aires, due to his poor health. He provided the general Jose de San Martin of medical and health supplies for the Chile campaigns of the Army of the Andes. He spent the rest of his life teaching medicine, and organized port sanitation. He died in Buenos Aires in February 1820, at 61 years of age.
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