Carlos Cristina MONGE

Background

MONGE, Carlos was born on December 13, 1884 in Lima. Son of José Monge and Eleodora Medrano.

Education

Educated Colegio Nacional de Guadalupe, 1897-1901, School of Tropical Medicine, London, 1911, University de Paris. 1912-1913; Doctor of Medicine, University de San Marcos, 1914. Dr. honoris causa, University of Chicago, 1941.

Career

Professor, faculty of medicine, University de San Marcos, since 1919, dean, since 1941. Director, Institute de Biología Andina. 1932, 1940; It. colonel of military health (retired).

Member Academy, de Medicina de Lima (president), Society de Biología de Buenos Aires, Academy Nacional de Ciencias, Society de Biología, Asociación Médica-Peruana Daniel A. Carrión, Society de Medicina Legal, Touring y Automóvil Club del Perú. Honorary; officer, El Sol del Perú. Commander, Al Mérito, Chile.

Prizes Bignon and Unánue. Professor Roger, dean of the faculty of medicine, University de Paris, has given the name "Monge Disease." Doctor Monge has also occupied himself with the peculiar physiology (chemical content of the blood, nervous system, etc.) of the inhabitants of the Andine regions. Among his many articles may be mentioned—Carrion's Disease or Verruga Péruvienne (Journal of London School of Tropical Medicine), 1912.

Les Erythrémies de l'altitude, leurs rapports avec la maladie de Vàsquez, Paris, 1929. High Altitude Disease (Archives of Internal Medicine), London, 1937. Life in the Andes and Chronic Mountain Sickness (Science), United States of America, 1942.

Chronic Mountain Sickness (Physiological Review), United States of America, 1943.

Membership

Member Academy, de Medicina de Lima (president), Society de Biología de Buenos Aires, Academy Nacional de Ciencias, Society de Biología, Asociación Médica-Peruana Daniel A. Carrión, Society de Medicina Legal, Touring y Automóvil Club del Perú. Member Academy Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires, Society Médica de Chile, Society de Neurología, Psiquiatría y Medicina Legal.

Connections

Father:

José Monge

Mother:

Eleodora Medrano

Spouse:

Cristina Cassinelli

child:

Luis MONGE

child:

Carlos MONGE

child:

Cristina MONGE