Background
CASTEX, Mariano was born on April 10, 1886 in Buenos Aires. Son of Mariano Castex and Susana Torres de Castex.
CASTEX, Mariano was born on April 10, 1886 in Buenos Aires. Son of Mariano Castex and Susana Torres de Castex.
Further studies in Paris, Berlin, Heidelberg. Dr. honoris causa, univs. of Paris, Berlin, Athens, Oxford, La Paz.
Professor; head of medical clinic, Hospital Alvear, 1911-1913, Hospital Durand, 1913-1922. Substitute professor, medical clinic, University Nacional de Buenos Aires, 1913, professor, 1918-1946, pres, of university, 1931. Director, Institute de Investigaciones Físicas Aplicadas a la Patología Humana, since 1939.
Honorary president, Ill Congreso de Medicina Interna, 1945. Guest of honor, International Medical Congress, Paris, 1946. Officer, Al Mérito (Chile), Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil), Légion d’Honneur (France).
Cross, 1st class, German Eagle. Commander, Crown of Italy, Crown of Rumania. Grand officer, Condor de los Andes (Bolivia).
Doctor of Medicine, University Nacional de Buenos Aires, 1908. Career-. Teacher of physiology and hygiene, Colegio Nacional Mariano Moreno, 1907-1915.; ;; acting president, commission on regional hospitals and asylums, 1926.
Member national hygiene department, 1918-1919. Member: Academy Nacional de Medicina (ex-president), Society de Medicina Interna (president), Centro Médico Argentino-Británico (president), Society Argentina de Gastroenterología, Asociación Argentina de Biotipología, Eugenesia y Medicina Social, Institute Argentino de Cultura Itálica (ex-president), Comisión Nacional de Cooperación Intelectual (ex-president), Jockey Club, Hurlingham Club. Member of medical societies of Mexico, Madrid.
Rome, Belgium, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Paris.