Héctor Croxatto Rezzio practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Héctor Croxatto Rezzio as Chilean physiologist (1908–2010).
Héctor Croxatto Rezzio was born at Valparaíso in 1908. His recorded nationality is Chile. He trained at University of Chile.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, laboratory medicine, vaccines and public health began to change mortality at population scale.
His posts were held at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
Recognition followed: National Prize for Sciences (Chile) (1979).
That the work was done from Chile matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Héctor Croxatto Rezzio died in 2010, aged 102. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- National Prize for Sciences (Chile) — 1979
- Held posts at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
