José Gregorio Hernández: The Doctor who faced the Spanish Flu.

Abstract

Dr. José Gregorio Hernández was born on October 26, 1864 in Isnotú, Trujillo state. He studied his first letters in his hometown and became. He later moved to Caracas to study at the “Villegas” College, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy in 1884. Before beginning to talk about his outstanding medical career, it is important to mention his academic training, which laid the foundations for the beginning of his career. the same. He received his doctorate in medicine from the Central University of Venezuela on June 29, 1888. He defended his thesis before a jury and presented on two topics: The Laennec Doctrine and Typhoid Fever in Caracas, both topics related to bacterial diseases, a field in which which will be the focus of his medical profession later. He is considered the founder of Bacteriology in Venezuela.