Gustavo Isaza Mejía

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Gustavo Isaza Mejía (* in Salamina (Caldas) ; † January 13, 2007 ) was a Latin American doctor , surgeon and professor at the University of Antioquia .

Life

In 1940, in his work Algunas consideraciones sobre el uso de la pituitrina en obstetricia (Antioquia publishing house, 1940), he examined the use of pituitrin in obstetrics and founded the cytology laboratory of the San Vicente de Paúl University Hospital in Medellín and introduced exfoliative cytology in Colombia in 1949 . Mejía wrote, among other things, in 1960 an orientation and instruction for women and mothers " Maternidad y menstruación sin dolor: la educación de los hijos " (Bedout publishing house, 1960).

Individual evidence

  1. Obituario: Académico Dr. Gustavo Isaza Mejía. In: Medicina ( Academia de Medicina de Medellín ), 29, No. 1 (76), March 2007, p. 55.
  2. Dr. Gustavo Isaza Mejía , Asociación Antioqueña de Obstetricia y Ginecología.