JOSE GREGORIO HERNANDEZ: DEL LADO DE LA LUZ. 2a ed.
Suárez, María Matilde and Carmen Bethencourt.
Caracas, Fundación Bigott, c2003. 539p., color plates, photos, illus., tables, bibl., boards, large 4to Hardcover Biography of a notable Venezuelan physician, researcher, academic, and socially progressive citizen (1864-1919). He was the first professor of bacteriology in Latin America. Profoundly religious, he was considered a saintly figure by many for his work among the poor of Venezuela and this broad survey of his life and work includes a chapter on the process of his beatification. With numerous illustrations (period photos, represtations of Hermández in several media, etc.). Premio Nacional al Mejor Trabajo Científico en Ciencias Sociales, 2002, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (Item ID: 99626)
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