Martín Corchado

Dr. Martín Corchado
Born 25 April 1839[1]
Isabela, Puerto Rico
Died 2 April 1898[2]
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality Puerto Rican
Education Barcelona, Spain
Years active 1874–1898
Known for Charity work leadership.
Medical Director, Hospital Tricoche
Forencsic physician
Owned first microscope brought to Puerto Rico

Medical career

Profession Physician, Medical researcher, Politician
Institutions Hospital Tricoche
Specialism Ophthalmology
Research Tuberculosis

Martín Corchado (25 April 1839 – 2 April 1898) was a nineteenth-century Puerto Rican physician who excelled in charitable medical services as well as in the field of medical research.

Early life

Dr. Martín R. Corchado y Juarbe[note 1][3] was born on 25 April 1839 in Isabela, Puerto Rico.[1]

Schooling

He studied medicine in Barcelona, Spain, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in medicine. He then moved to Madrid where in 1880 received his doctoral degree in medicine. Subsequently Corchado also moved to Paris, France, where he studied ophthalmology.[1] Corchado was one of the first Puerto Ricans to work under Louis Pasteur in his institute in Paris.[4]

Career

After this, he returned to Puerto Rico to practice his profession, settling in Ponce,[5] around 1874.[6] Covering the years 1885-1889, Corchado was the second medical director (after Rafael Pujals) of Hospital Tricoche.[7] He stood out for providing free medical services to the residents of Ponce and nearby towns.[8] He provided medical services to the poor, those in prison, and acted as a forensic physician in courts of law.[1]

Research

Corchado also researched and studied tuberculosis and wrote about it in the publications of the time,[9] including "El Vapor".[10] Corchado has been recorded as being one of the most "eminent Puerto Rican medical researchers of the nineteenth century."[11] He owned the first microscope brought to Puerto Rico.[12][13]

Political views

A believer in the political autonomy for Puerto Rico from Spain, Corchado was also president of the Puerto Rico Autonomist Party,[14] and one of the signers of the Plan de Ponce with Roman Baldorioty de Castro, Antonio E. Molina, Guillermo Oppenheimer, Pedro Salazar, Luis Gautier, Lazaro Martinez, Marcial Morales, Rafael Pujals, Ramon Marin, Enrique Cabrera and Jose Ramon Abad.[8]

Death

Corchado died in Ponce on 2 April 1898 from complications from a cold when, not wanting to take time off to attend to his own health, he continued providing medical care to the needy.[12] He was 59 years old.

Honors and recognitions

In Ponce, there is a street in the barrio Segundo sector of the Ponce Historic Zone area named after him. He is also recognized at Ponce's Park of Illustrious Ponce Citizens.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lorenzo A. Balasquide. Medicos Notables del Antaño Ponceño. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1984. Page 33
  2. ↑ Lorenzo A. Balasquide. Medicos Notables del Antaño Ponceño. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1984. Page 35
  3. ↑ COLECCIÓN JAIME BAGUÉ RAMÍREZ. Page 130. Retrieved 2 December 2011
  4. ↑ Dr. Rafael del Valle y Rodríguez (1847-1917). Eduardo Rodríguez Vázquez, MD. "Boletin Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico". Vol 100. No. 3. Jul-Sept 2008. Page 64
  5. ↑ Mensaje del Presidente y Portada: Dr. Ramon Emeterio Betances. In, "Boletin." Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Vol. 100, No. 1. Jan-Mar 2008. Page 5. Retrieved 4 December 2011
  6. ↑ Socorro Guiron. Ponce, El Teatro La Perla, y la Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. Page 157. LOC Card Catalog Number: 85-90989
  7. ↑ "Hospital Tricoche, 1878." Museo de la Historia de Ponce. March 2011
  8. 1 2 Las fiestas populares de Ponce.Ramón Marín. Retrieved 2 December 2011
  9. ↑ Ponce: A Historical Sketch Juan Braschi. In, "The Book of Porto Rico. XIX: Principal Cities." Page 1067. Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 4 December 2011
  10. ↑ El microbio de la tisis, su valor diagnóstico, investigación y fotografía. In, "Cabinet of Art and Medicine Journal, 2009." Ponce, Puerto Rico: "El Vapor", August, 1885. University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras. (Index Medicus: 21807091070.) Retrieved 4 December 2011
  11. ↑ Bailey K. Ashford, Mas Alla de Sus Memorias. Jose G. Rigau Perez, MD, MPH. PRHSJ (Puerto Rico Health Science Journal) Vol. 19, No. 1. March 2000. Page 52. Retrieved 4 December 2011
  12. 1 2 Lorenzo A. Balasquide. Medicos Notables del Antaño Ponceño. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1984. Page 34
  13. ↑ Gaceta del Hospital Tricoche. April 1935. Page 56
  14. ↑ Luis Munoz Rivera: Los Vaivenes de un politico. Jaime Oliver Marqués. FOCUS. Volume III, No. 2, (2004) pp. 31-48) Retrieved 2 December 2011
  15. ↑ Medicine. TravelPonce. Retrieved 4 December 2012

Notes

  1. ↑
    This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Corchado and the second or maternal family name is Juarbe.

See also

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