Background
ROBLES VALVERDE, Rodolfo was born on January 14, 1878 in Quezalte- 1 Sigo. Son of Fran* J^co Robles and Trinidad Valverde de Robles.
ROBLES VALVERDE, Rodolfo was born on January 14, 1878 in Quezalte- 1 Sigo. Son of Fran* J^co Robles and Trinidad Valverde de Robles.
Head of the laboratory of Professor Cuneo of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, 1904. Clinical professor in the Faculty of Medicine of Guatemala, 1909. Member of the Directive Board of the same, 1909.
Surgeon of the General Hospital of Guatemala, 1909.
Dean of the Faculty of Sciences of Guatemala, 1916. Head of the Department of Sanitation of the Republic of Guatemala, 1918.
Secretary of the Guatemalan delegation to the Peace Conference of Paris, 1918. Foreign twenty years attache of the Guatemalan legation in Paris.
Foreign nine years deputy to the Guatemalan Congress.
Guatemalan delegate to numerous scientific congresses. Among the many contributions to medical science made by Doctor Robles may be mentioned the identification of three hitherto unknown diseases: (1) Filaría Coecutiens (cf. treatises on parasitology by Professor Brumpt of Paris). (2) “Robles Fever” (cf.
Castellani and Chalmers, Manual of Tropical Medicine, London, 1919).
(3) Pseudo-leprosy (cf. Bulletin de l’Académie de Society Française Médecine Légale de Paris, 7 juin 1927, Tome XCVII, Number.
Société d’Anatomie de Paris. Société des Chirurgiens de Paris. Société d’Hygiène; Société de Society Française Médecine Légale Tropicale de Paris.
Société de Botanique de France.
Société de Zoologie de Paris. Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene of London.
Société de Pathologie Exotique de Paris. Société d’Entomologie.
Société de Géographie de France.
Association d’Anciens Élèves des Instituts d’Hygiène Universitaires Français. And many others
Married Julia Herrera de Robles. Children: Rody and Solotte.