Syphilitic aortitis (Continued)

Authors

  • Horacio Miravet Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Keywords:

Clinical Medicine, Syphilis, Arsenicals, Syphilitic aortitis

Abstract

As an omen, what the Germans have described as "Todesangts" or "Todesgefuehl", i.e., the almost absolute certainty of the proximity of the attack, which certain patients usually have: Allbutt emphasized this psychic state by describing it as a subjectivity whose main characteristic consisted precisely in the terrifying conviction of the imminence of death. This is what Trousseau assimilated to the character of aura, as it happens in the epileptic. After the attack, which has irremediably come to an end, the patient, who has seen death so closely, creates for himself an inner world in which the "angor animi" assumes its tragic hegemony.

Author Biography

  • Horacio Miravet, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

    He was born in Cordoba on August 27, 1894. With great dedication he graduated as a teacher at the school where he is still on the honor roll.
    He began his medical studies at the National University of Cordoba. During his university career, Dr. Miravet, driven by his passion for democracy and freedom, was together with qualified university figures of the time, among whom we can remember Dr. Orgaz, Dr. Bermann, Dr. Barros and many others, one of the most enthusiastic and capable fighters and defenders of the University Reform of 1918, he served in the nascent University Federation. He stood out as an excellent leader, tough and easy to talk to.
    He was a minor and major practitioner by competition at the Hospital Nacional de Clínicas. Later he was appointed interim head of Neurological Clinic and delegate to the Superior Council of the National University of Cordoba, appointed by the Board of Directors of the Faculty of Medical Sciences for a term of two years.
    Once he graduated from the University with the title of Doctor, he traveled to Corral de Bustos where he stayed for twelve years. Later, nostalgia and the school needs of his children decided to return to Cordoba.
    From his university days, he had many links with Arturo Illia, Arturo Frondizi, Deodoro Roca, Gregorio Bermann and Enrique Barros, who saved the life of one of his sons by curing him of an illness.
    He was appointed Assistant Professor of the Chair of Medical Clinic, by competition, titles, papers, assignment and final exam, and later he was entrusted with his tenure.
    There are also countless works that Professor Miravet gave birth to, such as "Experimental verification of the relationship between mean arterial pressure and mean intraventricular pressure" and many others that deserved the fair and unanimous praise not only from the press but also from various scientific institutes that knew how to value the work of the late professor as a just reward for his recognized suitability and extensive experience on the various topics he dealt with throughout his brilliant professional work. He died on June 17, 1972.

    Reference

    Museo Casa de La Reforma Universitaria (2023). Horacio Miravet. https://reformadel18.unc.edu.ar/horacio-miravet/

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Published

1943-09-01

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 7/8 (1943): September-October

Section

MEDICINE SECTION

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Syphilitic aortitis (Continued). (1943). Revista De La Universidad Nacional De Córdoba, 30(7/8), 1007-1047. https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REUNC/article/view/10765