Ángel Canaveris

Ángel Canaveris Gutiérrez
The Hospital Vilardebó, by Giosue E. Bordoni
Director of the Hospital Vilardebó
In office
1878–1888
Personal details
Born 1847
Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Died 1897
Montevideo, Uruguay
Nationality Uruguayan
Spouse(s) Paz Costa
Occupation psychiatry
Profession Doctor of Medicine
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Ángel Canaveris (1847-1897) was an Argentine psychiatrist, who had a preponderant role in the beginnings of Uruguayan Medicine.[1] He served in the Hospital Vilardebó and Hospital Maciel, both located in Montevideo.[2]

Biography

Ángel Canaveris was born in Italy,[3] probably in the city of Genoa, on one of the trips made in Europe, by his parents Juan Manuel Canaveris and Carmen Gutiérrez. His mother was the daughter of Juan Gutiérrez Moreno, a distinguished doctor of medicine, born in Málaga, and Lorenza Moxica y López de Castilla, belonging to a Uruguayan family.[4] Their paternal ancestors belonged to Piedmontese families, established in the areas of Turin, Cuneo, Liguria and some regions of the South of France.

After completing his secondary education in the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, Canaveris entered as a student in the Facultad de Medicina of the University of Buenos Aires,[5] where he graduated in 1875 with a thesis entitled "Consideraciones sobre la lactancia" (Considerations about breastfeeding).[6]

For the year 1875, the recent graduate Dr. Canaveris was settled in Montevideo, city where his mother was a native.[7] That same year, he was appointed by the Council of Public Hygiene, to serve in the Hospitals of Vilardebó and Maciel.[8] He was one of the first psychiatrists in the Mental Hospital of Uruguay. In 1878, Canaveris was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Pedro Visca, director of the Asylum between 1877 and 1878.[9] He also dedicated himself to teaching, serving in the Internato Normal de Señoritas, since its foundation.[10]

In 1879 the Dr. Ángel Canaveris, had promoted a resolution where the foreman should monitor that nurses do not give mistreatment of psychiatric patients. Canaveris reported that for an efficient mental treatment the patients should be contained with good treatment by their caregivers.[11] In 1888, he resigned as Head of the Mental Hospital of Montevideo, being replaced by Dr. Alejo Martínez.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Revista, Volume 2, Issues 9-20. Sociedad Universitaria, Montevideo. 1884.
  2. ↑ Sesiones de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Historia de la Medicina, Volume 6. La Sociedad.
  3. ↑ Argentina, National Census, 1869. República Argentina.
  4. ↑ Revista del Instituto de Estudios Genealógicos del Uruguay, Issues 13-17. El Instituto. 1991.
  5. ↑ Historia de la Facultad de Medicina y sus escuelas. Eliseo Cantón.
  6. ↑ Nomina de graduaoos (PDF). Universidad de Buenos Aires.
  7. ↑ La Psiquiatría en América Latina. Javier Mariátegui.
  8. ↑ Sesiones de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Historia de la Medicina, Volume 6. La Sociedad, 1990.
  9. ↑ Pedro Visca: fundador de la clínica médica en el Uruguay. Fernando Mañé Garzón.
  10. ↑ Memoria. Uruguay. Inspección Nacional de Instrucción Primaria.
  11. ↑ Medicina y sociedad en el Uruguay del novecientos: La ortopedia de los pobres. José Pedro Barrán.
  12. ↑ La Psiquiatría en América Latina. Javier Mariátegui.
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