Miguel O'Gorman
| Miguel O'Gorman | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Michael O'Gorman 1749 Ennis, Ireland |
| Died |
January 1819 Buenos Aires, United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata |
| Nationality |
 Irish |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Profession | Medic |
Miguel O'Gorman (1749-1819) was an Irish physician who served in Buenos Aires during the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata.[1]
Biography
O'Gorman had obtained a doctorate in medicine in France.[2] He arrived at Rio de la Plata in 1777, in the expedition of Pedro de Cevallos, whom he had accompanied in the capture of Santa Catarina and Colonia del Sacramento.[3] Gorman was personal physician of Cevallos and his successor Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo.
In 1801 Miguel O'Gorman together with Cosme Argerich had founded the first Medical School in Buenos Aires. In 1805 Gorman had introduced in the city, the Smallpox vaccine (discovered by Edward Jenner).[4] Years before introducing the vaccine he was sent to London by Charles III to learn about the new prophylactic method.[5]
Miguel O'Gorman was an uncle of Thomas O'Gorman, husband Ana Périchon de Vandeuil. And the ancestor of Camila O'Gorman.[6]
References
- ↑ Anales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Volume 1; Volume 3, Universidad de Buenos Aires
- ↑ Cuadernos de Lenguas Modernas: CLM., Issue 5, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
- ↑ La ilustración en América colonial: bibliografía crítica, By Diana Soto Arango, Miguel Angel Puig-Samper, Luis Carlos Arboleda
- ↑ Ciudad de angeles: historia del cementerio de la Recoleta, by Omar López Mato
- ↑ El Alto de San Pedro: parroquias de La Concepción y de San Telmo, Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
- ↑ Camila O' Gorman, by Marta Merkin