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the Vargas hospital on 3 occasions, as well as being a member (1899) and vice president (1904) of the
Administrative Board of the Civil Hospitals of the Federal District. He was also co-founder of the College of Physicians of Venezuela and president of its preparatory commission (1902). In 1904 and 1907, he was appointed professor of anatomy at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV). He was a founding member of the National Academy of Medicine (1904), president of the National Public Hygiene Commission, senator for the state of
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His work revolutionized the surgery of the time. As a pioneer in multiple surgical procedures, he was called 'the magician of the scalpel' by his contemporaries. He excelled in vascular interventions, especially those of the neck, and in the surgical treatment of liver abscesses. He published more
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Little is known about his parliamentary work, but according to Silva Falcón's yearbook, Acosta Ortiz was a deputy and senator in
Congress, a representative of Venezuela at the International Conferences in Costa Rica and Chile, the International Congress of Mexico, and a member of the International
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Between 1893 and 1895, he was editor of the 'surgery' section of the
Caracas Medical Gazette and co-founder (1893) and president (1894) of the Society of Physicians and Surgeons of Caracas. In 1895, he was appointed head of surgery at the Vargas hospital. From 1899 to 1907, he was the director of
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Western University, 1970; Carbonell, Diego. Apology of Acosta Ortiz. Caracas: American Typography, 1938; Silva Alvarez, Alberto. Pablo Acosta Ortiz: a magician with a scalpel. Caracas: Ministry of Health and Social Assistance, 1970; Venezuelan Society of Surgery, ed. Joint
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Direct bibliography: Acosta Ortiz, Pablo. Du treatment surgical des aneurismes du tronc brachio-cephalique et de la crosse de l'aorte. Paris: Henri Jouve, 1892; Surgical clinic lessons; with a foreword by
Professor Le Dentu. Caracas: American Typography,
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ARAGUA, S. o. (1938). Memoria que el ciudadano doctor Pablo Acosta Ortiz , Secretario
General de Gobierno (Gobernador) del Estado Aragua presenta a la Asamblea Legislativa en sus sesiones ordinarias de 1939 .. (n.p.): (n.p.).
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Committee of Washington. A controversial man, according to the yearbook, he defended his ideas in scientific magazines and newspapers of the time, and published numerous articles on scientific and literary topics.
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Academy of Medicine, ed. Tribute to Dr. Pablo Acosta Ortiz: October 27, 1935. Caracas: National Academy of Medicine, 1935; Alviárez R., Rubén Darío. Profile of a surgeon.
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where he practiced professionally for a few months. The following year he traveled to Paris to continue his medical studies. There he was a disciple of the famous French surgeon
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Silva Alvarez, A. (1970). Pablo Acosta Ortiz: a magician with a scalpel. Venezuela: Ministry of Health and Social Assistance, Office of Publications, Library and Archive.
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and considered the founder of modern surgery in Venezuela. He attended the 4th and 5th Pan American Sanitary Conferences as a representative of Venezuela.
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Comunicación al Dr. Pablo Acosta Ortiz Presidente de la Comisión de Higiene Pública. INHRR . 2006, vol.37, n.1, pp. 100–102. ISSN 0798-0477.
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272:on February 13, 1914, aged 50.
223:Central University of Venezuela
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