Salgado F, Schwartz RA. Máxime "Max" Kuczyński: Father of Peruvian Public Health and of the 66th President of Peru.
Dermatol Ther 2018;
31:e12703. [PMID:
30311725 DOI:
10.1111/dth.12703]
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Abstract
Máxime Kuczyński (1890-1967), a medical pioneer born in Poland, was renowned for his work in tropical medicine in the Peruvian jungle, especially on Bartonella baciliformis, the cutaneous form known as verruga peruana of deadly Oroya fever. His unique university training in anthropology, philosophy, and parasitology lead to a participatory observational method of practicing medicine. At the request of the Peruvian President, he ventured into the Peruvian Amazon in 1936 to establish a public health service in partnership with indigenous populations. In June 2016, his son Pedro Pablo Kuczyński, a former Prime Minister of Peru, was elected the 66th President of Peru.
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