Nationality Irish Profession Medic | Occupation Physician | |
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Full Name Michael O'Gorman Died January 1819, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Miguel O'Gorman (1749-1819) was an Irish physician, who served in Buenos Aires during the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata.
Biography
O'Gorman had obtained a doctorate in medicine in France. He arrived at Rio de la Plata in 1777, in the expedition of Pedro de Cevallos, whom he had accompanied in the capture of Santa Catarina and Colonia del Sacramento. Gorman was personal physician of Cevallos and his successor Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo.
In 1801 Miguel O'Gorman together with Cosme Argerich had founded the first Medical School in Buenos Aires. In 1805 Gorman had introduced in the city, the Smallpox vaccine (discovered by Edward Jenner). Years before introducing the vaccine he was sent to London by Charles III to learn about the new prophylactic method.
Miguel O'Gorman was uncle of Thomas O'Gorman, husband Marie Anne Périchon de Vandeuil. And the ancestor of Camila O'Gorman.