Patricio Fleming (Doctor of Medicine)
Patricio Fleming (1861-1932) was an Argentine medical doctor, of outstanding performance in Buenos Aires, where he exerted like head of room in the Hospital of Children of the city.
Biography
Patricio was born in Salta Province (Argentine Republic), son of Miguel Fleming and Carmen Jáuregui. He was baptized on September 24, 1861 in the Church of Merced (Salta). His father was an Irish apothecary, born in Dublin, and his mother belonging to a traditional Creole family, was born in Catamarca Province.
After completing his primary studies in his native province, he settled in the city of Buenos Aires where he completed his secondary studies in the Nacional de Buenos Aires. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires in 1887. Fleming obtained his medical degree with the thesis Estudios sobre el Cólera (Cholera Studies).
Patricio Fleming served in several hospitals in the Argentine Republic, including the Alvear Hospital. He was a professor at the University of Buenos Aires where he taught pediatric and semiology classes.