Carlos Durán Cartín
Carlos Durán Cartín (born November 12, 1852 in San José ; † November 23, 1924 there ) was President of Costa Rica from November 7, 1889 to May 8, 1890 .
Life
His parents were Ramona Cartín Mora and José Durán Santillana. He married Dolores Quirós Morales, the daughter of Juana Morales y Valverde and José Antonio Quirós y Blanco.
He studied in Great Britain (island) and France and graduated with a Dr. in human medicine in the UK. In 1874 he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England .
He worked at the San Juan de Dios Hospital . There he saw Dr. Bruno Carranza Ramírez amputated a leg and recommended that the patient be anesthetized with chloroform . He was in charge of surgery and had an operating theater set up.
He was one of the founders of the Hospicio de Locos which is now called Hospital Neuropsiquiátrico Chapuí . He sponsored the construction of the Asilo Chapuí . He was a co-founder of the School of Nursing , Escuela de Enfermería de Costa Rica
Presidency
In 1889 he was the third deputy president. On November 7, 1889, around 7,000 people armed with beatings and machetes under the command of Rafael Yglesias Castro occupied San José and enforced the presidency of Durán Cartín. During his tenure, a law to establish a Teatro Nacional was passed and presidential elections were held, which brought José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón, Rafael Yglesias Castro's father-in-law, to the presidency. His collaborator was Licenciado Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno .
In 1892 the Partido Nacional presented him as a delegate for San José for a constituent assembly with a planned legislative period from 1892-1896. On May 1, 1892, he was elected President of a constituent assembly. A few months later, President José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón dissolved this parliament.
In 1904 he pointed out the need for hygiene in San José. He diagnosed anemia caused by hookworms in farmers . He treated this with an anthelmintic and thymol . He had sewage treatment plants built . As district administrator of the municipality of San José, he had a sewer system built.
He was a professor of medicine , anatomy and hygiene at the Instituto Nacional de San José . In 1910 he bought a plot of land 18 kilometers from Irazú a place Prusia was called and then founded a tuberculosis - sanatorium which Sanatorio Carlos Duran or Sanatorio de Prusia was called and was about occupied until 1970 with 100 patients.
He recommended blood tests to diagnose malaria . From 1912 to 1916 he was a member of Parliament for San José and presidential candidate of the Partido Nacional in the elections in December 1913. His bill to establish a health ministry did not find a majority in parliament.
He was a member of the commission of former presidents which drafted a constitution in 1917.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Eugenio Rodríguez Vega, Costa Rica en el siglo XX , EUNED, 2004, p. 202.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro |
Presidents of Costa Rica November 7, 1889 - May 8, 1890 |
José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Durán Cartín, Carlos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | President of Costa Rica |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Jose |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1924 |
| Place of death | San Jose |