What is it about?
Daniel Carrion, a sixth-year medical student, died while investigating the effects of self-inoculation of the causative organism of Oroya Fever and Bartonellosis and thereby contributed to understanding of the disease before the organisms had been identified.
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Why is it important?
It talks about the life of an important researcher-medical student who was martyred in his search for the truth behind a debilitating disease.
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This article is a close look at the history of medical research, martyrdom, bravery, and all of that, exhibited by a medical student. It is a reminder that no matter what our standing in the medical hierarchy, an unquenchable thirst for the truth will always lead us to unique outcomes.
Pranab Chatterjee
Indian Council of Medical Research, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases
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This page is a summary of: Daniel Alcides Carrion (1857–1885) and a history of medical martyrdom, Journal of Medical Biography, January 2014, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0967772013479532.
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