Claudio Amoedo
Claudio Juan Amoedo Canaveri (1830-1871) was an Argentine medical doctor. He served as president of the Medical Association of the province of Buenos Aires during the government of Emilio de Castro y Rocha.
Biography
Claudio was born in Buenos Aires, son of Hilario Amoedo Garazatúa and Juana Josefa Canaveri Esparza, belonging to a distinguished family of Galician, Piedmontese and Basque roots. He completed his elementary studies in Colegio Republicano Federal where he learned French and English language in 1845. Later he began his medical studies at the University of Buenos Aires, obtaining his doctorate in medicine.
After graduating he worked as director of a hospital in the town of Quilmes. And time later in 1867, he served as doctor of medicine of the police of the province of Buenos Aires. In 1870, Amoedo integrated the Commission of Public Hygiene of Buenos Aires.
The Amoedo family had been pioneers in medicine in the Río de la Plata, his father Felipe Amoedo had been one of the first apothecaries of the city. And his brother was the prestigious doctor Sinforoso Amoedo, of great action during the yellow fever epidemic.
Claudio Amoedo was married to Ángela Ibarra, belonging to a family of Basque origin. He died tragically ([...]) on January 7, 1871, his brother Sinforoso Amoedo, who witnessed his death, died of yellow fever on April 23 of the same year.