Hematology Compendium (Continued)

Authors

  • Felipe Jiménez de Asúa Departamento Nacional de Higiene

Keywords:

hematology, compendium

Abstract

The lack of a Compendium of Hematology written in Spanish prompted us to agree to the kind request of Dr. Pizarro, Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Córdoba, that the University publish in book form the lessons taught by us in those classrooms. .

Author Biography

  • Felipe Jiménez de Asúa, Departamento Nacional de Higiene

    Jimenez de Asua, Felipe. Madrid, 1892 – Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1973. Professor of Histology and Normal Histochemistry and Pathological Anatomy.

    He began his studies in the field of Histology of the Nervous System as a disciple of Nicolás Achúcarro in 1912, in the laboratory located in the Museum of Natural History. On the death of his teacher in 1918, Cajal, as president of the Board of Expansion of Studies, appointed de Río Hortega director of the histology laboratory located on Calle Pinar in Madrid and began his collaboration with him. In 1919 he received a scholarship from the Board for the Extension of Studies to stay for a year in Rome and Naples with professors Grani and Pianni, to study the pathology of blood.

    In 1926 he won the chair of Normal Histology and Histochemistry at the University of Zaragoza by competition, but in 1927 he went to Argentina as head of research in the Department of Zoology of the Bacteriological Institute of Córdoba, where he remained until 1934, where he He returned to his chair in Zaragoza. In June 1936 he was appointed director of the Madrid Charity and on July 7, 1936 he requested leave of absence from his chair in Zaragoza.

    In 1937 he left Spain and went to Buenos Aires, where he validated his studies at the University of La Plata, directed the Charitable Hematology Center of the Galician Center in Buenos Aires and was appointed, until the end of the Civil War, in charge of Business of the Spanish Embassy in Buenos Aires.

    In the following years he remained in Buenos Aires, away from scientific research and worked in the publishing world. Two excellent translations of two fundamental books for the dissemination of scientific knowledge deserve to be mentioned, The Struggle Against Death by S. Metabnikof and Los Vencedores del Hambre by Paul Kruil, both published in Buenos Aires in 1940. He also published one of his works with the title of Cajal's Living Thought.

    Reference
    Sanz Esponera, J. (s.f.). Felipe Jiménez de Asúa. Real Académia de la Historia. https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/28201/felipe-jimenez-de-asua

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Published

1930-03-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1/2 (1930): March-April

Section

ARTICLES

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Hematology Compendium (Continued). (1930). Revista De La Universidad Nacional De Córdoba, 17(1/2), 3-69. https://revistas.psi.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REUNC/article/view/7247