Mariano Azuela is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Mariano Azuela as Mexican author and physician (1873–1952).
Mariano Azuela was born at Lagos de Moreno in 1873. His recorded nationality is Mexico.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
His principal contribution is The Underdogs. Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
Recognition followed: National Prize for Applied Sciences and Technologies - Chile (1992) and National Prize for Arts and Sciences (1949).
That the work was done from Mexico matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Mariano Azuela died in 1952, aged 79. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- National Prize for Applied Sciences and Technologies - Chile — 1992
- National Prize for Arts and Sciences — 1949
- Notable work: The Underdogs
